Proverbs 18:5–7
Proverbs 18:5–7 — The New International Version (NIV)
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.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,
To overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)
5 It is not right to acquit the guilty
or deny justice to the innocent.
6 Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;
they are asking for a beating.
7 The mouths of fools are their ruin;
they trap themselves with their lips.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked,
Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — New Century Version (NCV)
5 It is not good to honor the wicked
or to be unfair to the innocent.
6 The words of fools start quarrels.
They make people want to beat them.
7 The words of fools will ruin them;
their own words will trap them.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)
5 To respect the person of the wicked is not good,
Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calleth for stripes.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes. 7 A fool’s mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
5 It is not good to be partial toward a wicked person,
thereby depriving an innocent person of justice.
6 By talking, a fool gets into an argument,
and his mouth invites a beating.
7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin.
His lips are a trap to his soul.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
5 It is not good to show partiality to the guilty
by perverting the justice due the innocent.
6 A fool’s lips lead to strife,
and his mouth provokes a beating.
7 A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
5 It is not right to be partial to the guilty,
or to subvert the innocent in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips bring strife,
and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.
7 The mouths of fools are their ruin,
and their lips a snare to themselves.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
5 Being partial to faces of evil is not good,
nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
6 The lips of a fool will bring strife,
and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
7 The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
5 It isn’t good to favor those who do wrong.
And it isn’t good to hold back what is fair from those who aren’t guilty.
6 What a foolish person says leads to arguing.
He is just asking for a beating.
7 The words of a foolish person drag him down.
He is trapped by what he says.
Proverbs 18:5–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
5 To show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.
7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.