Proverbs 18:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 The mouths of fools are their ruin,
and their lips a snare to themselves.(A)
8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(B)
9 One who is slack in work
is close kin to a vandal.(C)
Proverbs 18:7-9
New International Version
8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(C)
9 One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.(D)
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