Proverbs 18:7 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁷ 4 The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ A [self-confident] fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁷ The mouth of fools is their ruin; their lips are a trap for their lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin of his soul.

Proverbs 18:7 Cross References

Psalm 140:9

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.

Psalm 64:8

wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

Proverbs 10:14

1 The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

Proverbs 10:8

5 The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 12:13

0 Deceit is in the heart of them that think evil things: but joy followeth them that take counsels of peace.

Proverbs 13:3

0 Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.

Proverbs 14:3

0 The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.

Proverbs 16:22

9 An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good

Proverbs 18:8

5 A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.

Proverbs 5:22

Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:

Proverbs 6:2

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?

Judges 11:35

0 That from year to year the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite for four days.