Proverbs 18:7
Good News Translation
When a fool speaks, he is ruining himself; he gets caught in the trap of his own words.

New Revised Standard Version
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.

Contemporary English Version
Saying foolish things is like setting a trap to destroy yourself.

New American Bible
The mouths of fools are their ruin; their lips are a deadly snare.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

his destruction

Proverbs 10:8,14 He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be manifest. . . .

Proverbs 12:13 For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Ecclesiastes 10:11-14 If a serpent bite in silence, he is nothing better that backbiteth secretly. . . .

his lips

Proverbs 6:2 Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:

Judges 11:35 And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.

1 Samuel 14:24 And the men of Israel were joined together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening, till I be revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

Mark 5:23-28 And he besought him much, saying: My daughter is at the point of death, come, lay thy hand upon her, that she may be safe, and may live. . . .

Acts 23:14 Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul.

Context
The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels. 7The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.8The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.…
Cross References
Psalm 64:8
And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

Psalm 140:9
The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

Proverbs 10:14
The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 12:13
For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Proverbs 18:8
The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

Proverbs 18:6
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