7The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.


In Context

4 Words from the mouth of a men are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream.

5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

6 The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.

7 The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

8 The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

9 He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

Proverbs 18:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool’s mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool's mouth is his undoing, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.