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Proverbs 18:6-8
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6 Foolish talk will get you
    into a lot of trouble.
7 Saying foolish things
is like setting a trap
    to destroy yourself.
8 There's nothing so delicious
as the taste of gossip!
    It melts in your mouth.

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Proverbs 18:6-8
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6 The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.(A)

7 The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare(B) to their very lives.(C)

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(D)

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