Proverbs 18:7
פִּֽי ־ כְסִיל מְחִתָּה ־ לוֹ וּשְׂפָתָיו מוֹקֵשׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
In Context
6שִׂפְתֵי כְסִיל יָבֹאֽוּ בְרִיב וּפִיו לְֽמַהֲלֻמוֹת יִקְרָֽא ׃
8דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִים וְהֵם יָרְדוּ חַדְרֵי ־ בָֽטֶן ׃
Cross References
Judges 11:35וַיְהִי כִרְאוֹתוֹ אוֹתָהּ וַיִּקְרַע אֶת ־ בְּגָדָיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֲהָהּ בִּתִּי הַכְרֵעַ הִכְרַעְתִּנִי וְאַתְּ הָיִיתְ בְּעֹֽכְרָי וְאָנֹכִי פָּצִיתִי ־ פִי אֶל ־ יְהוָה וְלֹא אוּכַל לָשֽׁוּב ׃
Psalms 64:8וַיֹּרֵם אֱלֹהִים חֵץ פִּתְאוֹם הָיוּ מַכּוֹתָֽם ׃
Proverbs 5:22עַֽווֹנוֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת ־ הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ ׃
Proverbs 10:8חֲכַם ־ לֵב יִקַּח מִצְוֺת וֶאֱוִיל שְׂפָתַיִם יִלָּבֵֽט ׃
Proverbs 12:13בְּפֶשַׁע שְׂפָתַיִם מוֹקֵשׁ רָע וַיֵּצֵא מִצָּרָה צַדִּֽיק ׃
Proverbs 14:3בְּֽפִי ־ אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָה וְשִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם ׃
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 →