Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
World Messianic Bible
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, and his mouth invites beatings.
8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
Cross References
Judges 11:35When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I can’t go back.”
Psalms 64:8Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Proverbs 5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 14:3The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect 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 →