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Proverbs 18:7

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5 Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

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BSB
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
KJV
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
WEB
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
ASV
A fool`s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
DARBY
A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
BLB
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.
ÅB
Dårens munn er til ulykke for ham selv, og hans lepper er en snare for hans liv.
OTB
En dåres munn er deres undergang, og deres lepper er en felle for deres sjel.
B1930
Dårens munn er til ulykke for ham selv, og hans leber er en snare for hans liv.

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