Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
LXX2012 (British)
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 bring him into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death.
8Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And it came to pass when he saw her, that he tore his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, you have indeed troubled me, and you were the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against you to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.
Psalms 64:8The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends of the earth shall be afraid of your signs; you will cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice. 1
Proverbs 5:22Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.
Proverbs 10:8A wise man in heart will receive commandments; but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.
Proverbs 12:13For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.
Proverbs 14:3Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; but 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 →