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Proverbs 18:6–7

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6A fool’s lips walk into a fight,

and his mouth invites da beating.

7eA fool’s mouth is his ruin,

and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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Cross references

  1. dSee ch. 19:29
  2. ech. 10:14; 12:13; 13:3; Ps. 64:8; 140:9; Eccles. 10:12

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The lips of fools bring them strife,

and their mouths invite a beating.

The mouths of fools are their undoing,

and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A fool’s lips lead to strife,

and his mouth provokes a beating.

A fool’s mouth is his devastation,

and his lips are a trap for his life.

NLTNew Living Translation

Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;

they are asking for a beating.

The mouths of fools are their ruin;

they trap themselves with their lips.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The lips of a fool will bring strife,

and his mouth calls out for a flogging.

The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,

and his lips are a snare to his soul.

KJV 1900King James Version

A fool’s lips enter into contention,

And his mouth calleth for strokes.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction,

And his lips are the snare of his soul.