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The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

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