Proverbs 18:3-9

³A wicked man, when he cometh into (the) depth of sins, despiseth wholesome lore, (or discipline), and commandment; but scandal and shame followeth him.

⁴Deep water is the words of the mouth of a man; and a strand floating over is the well of wisdom. (Words from a person’s mouth (can be) like deep water or (can be) as deep as the water; and the well of wisdom (is) like a stream flowing over.)

⁵It is not good to take the person of a wicked man in doom, that thou bow away from the truth of doom. (It is not good to favour a wicked person, so that thou turn away from the truth in judgement.)

⁶The lips of a fool meddle themselves with chidings; and his mouth stirreth strives. (A fool’s lips mix,or mingle, themselves in with arguments; and his mouth stirreth up strife.)

⁷The mouth of a fool is the defouling of him; and his lips be the falling of his soul.

⁸The words of a double-tongued man be as simple; and they come unto the inner things of the womb. Dread casteth down a slow man; forsooth the souls of men turned into women’s condition shall have hunger. (A gossip’s wordsbe tasty; and they go down into the innermost parts. Fear casteth down the lazy; and those who be timid shall have hunger.)

⁹He that is nesh, and dissolute, either unsteadfast, in his work, is the brother of a man destroying his works.