Proverbs 18:7
What foolish people [MTY] say causes them to be ruined; their own words are like a trap [MET] that catches/seizes them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 11:35When Jephthah saw his daughter, he tore his clothes to show that he was very sad about what he was going to do. He said to her, “My daughter, you have caused me to become very sad [DOU] because I made a solemn promise to Yahweh to sacrifice the first one who came out of my house, and I must do what I promised.”
Psalms 64:8Because of what they say [MTY], he will get rid of them, and then everyone who sees what has happened to them will shake their heads to ridicule them.
Proverbs 5:22Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are like ropes that bind them.
Proverbs 10:8Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves.
Proverbs 12:13Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous people escape from trouble.
Proverbs 14:3Foolish people will be punished [MTY] for what they say, but wise people will be protected by what they say [MTY].
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 →