PROVERBS 18:3-9

³When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy cometh reproach.

⁴The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; the wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

⁵To accept the person of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

⁶A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.

⁷A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

⁸The words of a whisperer are as dainty, morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

⁹He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.