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It is not good to favor the guilty,
    nor to reject the claim of the just.(A)
The lips of fools walk into a fight,
    and their mouths are asking for a beating.[a]
The mouths of fools are their ruin;
    their lips are a deadly snare.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:6 The bold personification of lips and mouth is similar to Ps 73:9, “They set their mouths against the heavens, their tongues roam the earth.” Careless words can lead one into serious trouble.

It is not good to be partial to the wicked(A)
    and so deprive the innocent of justice.(B)

The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.(C)

The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare(D) to their very lives.(E)

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