Proverbs 18:7 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁷ The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 140:9

Those who surround me lift up their heads; 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 shake with horror.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:8

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

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Proverbs 16:22

Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it, but folly is the punishment 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 them, and they are caught in the toils of their sin.

Proverbs 6:2

you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low; 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.”