Proverbs 18:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 18:7 Cross References

Psalm 140:9

Those who surround me lift up their head, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Psalm 64:8

Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will wag their heads.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Proverbs 16:22

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it, but folly is the chastisement of fools.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.

Proverbs 6:2

if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;

Judges 11:35

And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.”