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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It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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

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