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Proverbs 18:7
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A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
A fool’s mouth is his devastation,and his lips are a trap for his life.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are a snare to his soul.
Fools hurt themselves when they speak. Their own words trap them.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Saying foolish things is like setting a trap to destroy yourself.
A fool's mouth is his ruin; his words are a trap for him.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fooles mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soule.
A fool’s mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare of his soul.
The words of fools will ruin them; their own words will trap them.
The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
The mouth of a fool is what destroys him, and his lips are a trap to his soul.
The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.
The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
A fools mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
When a fool speaks, he is ruining himself; he gets caught in the trap of his own words.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.
Fools are undone by their big mouths; their souls are crushed by their words.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool's mouth is his ruin,And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
his destruction: Proverbs 10:8, Proverbs 10:14, Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 13:3, Ecclesiastes 10:11-14
his lips: Proverbs 6:2, Judges 11:35, 1 Samuel 14:24-46, Mark 6:23-28, Acts 23:14-22
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:33 - as a fool dieth 1 Kings 2:23 - spoken 1 Kings 12:10 - My little finger 2 Chronicles 10:10 - My little finger Psalms 59:12 - For the Psalms 64:8 - tongue Psalms 140:9 - let the mischief Proverbs 10:10 - but Proverbs 17:20 - and he Proverbs 20:25 - a snare
Cross-References
Sarah denied it, however, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh."
Then the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off.
Yet he strongly urged them, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Those who lie on beds of ivory, And lounge around on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the fattened cattle,
"But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King," says the LORD of armies, "and My name is feared among the nations."
"Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!"'
and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let's eat and celebrate;
"And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.'
but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A fool's mouth [is] his destruction,.... The cause of it; for his contentions, and quarrels, and evil speaking, lawsuits are commenced against him, which bring ruin upon himself and his family now; as well as for his idle and wicked words he will be condemned hereafter, Matthew 12:35; there is a world of iniquity in the mouth and tongue of a wicked man, which bring destruction upon himself and others, James 3:6;
and his lips [are] the snare of his soul; from speaking in his own defence, he says things which should not be said, and by which he is entangled yet more and more; he is caught by his own words and condemned by them; or his loquacity, in which he delights, is a snare unto him to say things which neither become him, nor are for his advantage, but the contrary; see Proverbs 12:13.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the âfoolâsâ temper. First, âcontention,â then âstrokesâ or blows, then âdestruction,â and last, âwounds.â
Proverbs 18:8
Wounds - The word so rendered occurs here and in Proverbs 26:22 only. Others render it âdainties,â and take the verse to describe the avidity with which people swallow in tales of scandal. They find their way to the innermost recesses of manâs nature.
