Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
In Context
6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back.
Psalms 64:8By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 12:13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.
Proverbs 14:3In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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 →