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


In Context

4 Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

5 Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

6 The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

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

8 The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

9 He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:7The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of 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 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.