Proverbs 18:2,4,6-8,13,20,21

2 A fool has no delight in understanding,

but only in revealing his own opinion.

4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters.

The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

6 A fool’s lips come into strife,

and his mouth invites beatings.

7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction,

and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:

they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

13 He who answers before he hears,

that is folly and shame to him.

20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.

With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;

those who love it will eat its fruit.