Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.
8the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said—Alas! my daughter, Thou hast, brought me low, Even, thou, hast come to be among them who trouble me,—Yet, I, opened wide my mouth unto Yahweh, and cannot go back.
Psalms 64:8When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart, will accept commandments, but, he that is foolish with his lips, shall be thrust away.
Proverbs 12:13By the transgression of the lips, is the wicked man, ensnared, but the righteous, cometh out of distress.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to 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 →