Proverbs 18:5-7

New Century Version

⁵It is not good to honor the wicked
or to be unfair to the innocent.

⁶The words of fools start quarrels.
They make people want to beat them.

⁷The words of fools will ruin them;
their own words will trap them.

Proverbs 18:5-7

New International Version

⁵It is not good to be partial to the wicked^(A)
and so deprive the innocent of justice.^(B)

⁶The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.^(C)

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

New Century Version (NCV)

New International Version (NIV)