Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, || And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
Literal Standard Version
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 a fool enter into strife, || And his mouth calls for stripes.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And it comes to pass, when he sees her, that he tears his garments and says, “Aah! My daughter, you have caused me to bend greatly, and you have been among those troubling me; and I have opened my mouth to YHWH, and I am not able to turn back.”
Psalms 64:8And they cause him to stumble, || Their own tongue [is] against them, || Every looker on them flees away.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities capture the wicked, || And he is holden with the ropes of his sin.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart accepts commands, || And a talkative fool kicks.
Proverbs 12:13The snare of the wicked [is] in transgression of the lips, || And the righteous goes out from distress.
Proverbs 14:3A rod of pride [is] in the mouth of a fool, || And the lips of the wise 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 →