King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 18:7
“A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 18
5
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7
A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
8
The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.