Proverbs 18:4-12 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

4. The words of the mouth are deep waters,but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

5. It is not good to be partial to the wickedand so deprive the innocent of justice.

6. The lips of fools bring them strife,and their mouths invite a beating.

7. The mouths of fools are their undoing,and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

8. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;they go down to the inmost parts.

9. One who is slack in his workis brother to one who destroys.

10. The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;the righteous run to it and are safe.

11. The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

12. Before a downfall the heart is haughty,but humility comes before honour.

Proverbs 18