Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
In Context
6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.
Psalms 64:8and God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
Proverbs 10:8The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.
Proverbs 12:13For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise 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 →