Proverbs 18:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷Fools hurt themselves when they speak. Their own words trap them.

⁸People love to hear gossip. It is like tasty food on its way to the stomach.

⁹Someone who does careless work is as bad as someone who destroys things.

Proverbs 18:7-9

New International Version

⁷The mouths of fools are their undoing,
and their lips are a snare^(A) to their very lives.^(B)

⁸The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.^(C)

⁹One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.^(D)

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)