Proverbs 18:7
A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
In Context
6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
8The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And when he sawe her, he rent his clotes, & sayde: Alas my daughter, thou hast brought me lowe, & art one of them that troubleth me: For I haue opened my mouth vnto the Lorde, and cannot go backe.
Proverbs 5:22The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped.
Proverbs 10:8A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.
Proverbs 12:13The wicked falleth into the snare thorowe the malice of his owne mouth: but the iust shall escape out of all perill.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue 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 →