Proverbs 18:7
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A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
A [self-confident] fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
The mouth of fools is their ruin; their lips are a trap for their lives.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin; his words are a trap for him.
Saying foolish things is like setting a trap to destroy yourself.
A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
Fools hurt themselves when they speak. Their own words trap them.
When a fool speaks, he is destroying himself. His own words are a trap that catches him.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a trap for his soul.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The ·words [L mouth] of fools will ruin them; their own ·words [L lips] will trap them.
A fool’s mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin. His lips are a trap to his soul.
When a fool speaks, he is ruining himself; he gets caught in the trap of his own words.
A fool’s mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
A fool’s words will ruin him. He will be trapped by his own words.
A fool’s mouth is his unraveling, and his lips entrap himself.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fool gets into constant fights. His mouth is his undoing! His words endanger him.
Fools are undone by their big mouths; their souls are crushed by their words.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin. His lips are a trap to his soul.
The mouths of fools are their ruin; their lips are a deadly snare.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The mouth of a fool leads to his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his very life.
The words of fools will ruin them; their own words will trap them.
The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
The words of foolish people drag them down. They are trapped by what they say.
The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The mouth of a fool is what destroys him, and his lips are a trap to his soul.
The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
The peh (mouth) of a kesil is his undoing, and his sfatayim (lips) are the mokesh (snare) of his nefesh.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The mouths of fools are their destruction, and their lips entrap their very souls.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The mouth of a fool is [the] defouling of him; and his lips be the falling of his soul.
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
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