Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 strokes.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art become my troubler; for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.'
Psalms 64:8(64-9) So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 12:13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; but the righteous cometh out of trouble.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish 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 →