Proverbs 18:7 - The Scriptures 1998

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

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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

“Those who surround me lift up their head; The trouble of their lips cover them;

Psalm 64:8

And they cause one to stumble, Their own tongue is against them; All who see them flee away.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise treasure up knowledge, But the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart accepts commands, But one with foolish lips falls.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare, But the righteous gets out of distress.

Proverbs 13:3

He who watches over his mouth guards his being, But he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise guard them.

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to him who has it, But the disciplining of fools is folly.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a slanderer are like delicacies, And they go down into the inner parts of the heart.

Proverbs 5:22

The wrong one is entrapped In his own crookednesses, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

Proverbs 6:2

Have been snared by the words of your own mouth, Have been caught by the words of your mouth –

Judges 11:35

And it came to be, when he saw her, that he tore his garments, and said, “Oh my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me! And I, I have given my word to יהוה, and I am unable to turn back.”