Proverbs 18:8
Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
In Context
7A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
9A man who helps not himself by his labour is brother of him that ruins himself.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good.
Proverbs 12:18Some wound as they speak, like swords; but the tongues of the wise heal.
Proverbs 26:20With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
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 →