Proverbs 18:2

New International Version

²Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.^(A)

Proverbs 18:2

New Living Translation

²Fools have no interest in understanding;
they only want to air their own opinions.

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

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

⁶Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;
they are asking for a beating.

⁷The mouths of fools are their ruin;
they trap themselves with their lips.

¹³To answer before listening—
that is folly and shame.^(A)

¹³Spouting off before listening to the facts
is both shameful and foolish.

New International Version (NIV)