Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
In Context
6A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.
Psalms 64:8\64:7\But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.
Proverbs 5:22The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 10:8The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Proverbs 12:13In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:7-8
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. Solomon has often shown what mischief bad men do to others with their ungoverned tongues; here he shows what mischief they do to themselves. 1. They embroil themselves in quarrels: A fool's lips, without any cause or call, enter into contention, by advancing foolish notions which others find themselves obliged to oppose, and so a quarrel is begun, or by giving… Read the whole commentary →