Proverbs 18:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

Proverbs 13:3

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

Psalm 140:9

As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 64:8

So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.

Proverbs 6:2

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments: But a prating fool shall fall.

Judges 11:35

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are as dainty, morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: But the correction of fools is their folly.