Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Leeser Tanakh
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 the fool come with contention, and his mouth calleth for blows.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast bent me down very low, and thou art one of those that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.
Psalms 64:8(64:9) And their own tongues will stumble over themselves: all that look on them will shake their head.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities will truly catch the wicked, and with the cords of his sin will he be held firmly.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart will accept commandments; but he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble.
Proverbs 12:13In the transgression of his lips is the snare of the wicked; but the righteous cometh out of distress.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a stick [for his] pride; but the lips of the wise will 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 →