Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, 2 and his lips are a snare to his soul. 1
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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 come into strife, 2 and his mouth invites beatings. 1
8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: 2 they go down into a person’s innermost parts. 1
Cross References
Psalms 64:8Their own tongues shall ruin them. 2 All who see them will shake their heads. 1
Proverbs 5:22The depravities (moral evils) of the wicked ensnare him. 2 The cords of his habitual sins ·missing the marks· hold him firmly. 1
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart receives mitzvot ·instructions·, 2 but a chattering fool will fall. 1
Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by rebellious breach of relationship of lips, 2 but the upright shall come out of trouble. 1
Proverbs 14:3The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, 2 but the lips of the wise protect them. 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 →