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Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

In Context

6The lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his mouth excitith stryues.

8The wordis of a double tungid man ben as symple; and tho comen `til to the ynnere thingis of the wombe. Drede castith doun a slowe man; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur.

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Cross References

Judges 11:35And whanne `sche was seyn, he to-rente his clothis, and seide, Allas! my douytir, thou hast disseyued me, and thou art disseyued; for Y openyde my mouth to the Lord, and Y may do noon other thing.

Psalms 64:8which disturblist the depthe of the see, the soun of the wawis therof.

Proverbs 5:22The wickidnessis of a wyckid man taken hym; and he is boundun with the roopis of hise synnes.

Proverbs 10:8A wijs man schal resseyue comaundementis with herte; a fool is betun with lippis.

Proverbs 12:13For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch.

Proverbs 14:3The yerde of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem.

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