Proverbs 18:8
Fear casts down the slothful; 1 And the souls of the effeminate shall hunger. 1
Updated 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, 1 And his lips are a snare to his soul. 1
9A man who helps not himself by his labor 1 Is brother of him that ruins himself. 1
Cross References
Psalms 52:2The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. 1 They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: 1 There is none that does good. 1
Proverbs 12:18Some wound as they speak, like swords; 1 But the tongues of the wise heal. 1
Proverbs 26:20With much wood fire increases; 1 But where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases. 1
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 →