Lavat לָבַט

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Lavat (Hebrew לָבַט, Strong's H3832) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to ruin”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to throw down, thrust down, thrust out, thrust away
1a) (Niphal) to be thrust down, be thrust away, be thrown down, be cast aside

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	fall (3)
BSB	will come to ruin (3)

Every verse with Lavat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).