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Proverbs 18:7
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Proverbs 18:7
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The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
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Proverbs 18:7 in Other Translations
KJV
7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
ESV
7
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
NLT
7
The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
MSG
7
Fools are undone by their big mouths; their souls are crushed by their words.
CSB
7
A fool's mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
Proverbs 18:7 In-Context
5
It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.
6
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.
7
The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
9
One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.
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2
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Psalms 140:9
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Psalms 64:8
; S
Proverbs 10:14
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Proverbs 12:13
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Proverbs 13:3
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
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