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Proverbs 18:7

World English Bible

A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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Proverbs 18:7 in other translations

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

Proverbs 18:7 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 18:7 in context

  1. 5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,
    nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
  2. 6A fool’s lips come into strife,
    and his mouth invites beatings.
  3. 7A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
    and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  4. 8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
    they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
  5. 9One who is slack in his work
    is brother to him who is a master of destruction.