Proverbs 18:8-14

⁸The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

⁹He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

¹⁰A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

¹¹The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

¹²Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.

¹³Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

¹⁴The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?