Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
Young's Literal Translation
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 enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Cross References
Judges 11:35And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, 'Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I — I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'
Psalms 64:8And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.
Proverbs 12:13In transgression of the lips [is] the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And 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 →