Proverbs 18:6-9 New International Version (NIV)

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 work is brother to one who destroys.

Proverbs 18