Proverbs 18:7–8
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18:7The mouth of a fool is his ruin,
and his lips are a snare for his life.24
18:8The words of a gossip25 are like choice morsels;26
they go down into the person’s innermost being.27
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- 24 Heb “his soul” (so , , ). What a fool says can ruin him. Calamity and misfortune can come to a person who makes known his lack of wisdom by what he says. It may be that his words incite anger, or merely reveal stupidity; in either case, he is in trouble.
- 25 Or “slanderer”; , “talebearer”; , “whisperer.”
- 26 The word כְּמִתְלַהֲמִים (kémitlahamim) occurs only here. It is related to a cognate verb meaning “to swallow greedily.” Earlier English versions took it from a Hebrew root הָלַם (halam, see the word לְמַהֲלֻמוֹת [lémahalumot] in v. 6) meaning “wounds” (so ). But the translation of “choice morsels” fits the idea of gossip better.
- 27 Heb “they go down [into] the innermost parts of the belly”; “of the body.” When the choice morsels of gossip are received, they go down like delicious food—into the innermost being. R. N. Whybray says, “There is a flaw in human nature that assures slander will be listened to” (Proverbs [], 105).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The mouths of fools are their undoing,
and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life.
A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The mouths of fools are their ruin;
they trap themselves with their lips.
Rumors are dainty morsels
that sink deep into one’s heart.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The words of a whisper are like delicious morsels,
and they themselves go down to inner parts of the body.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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