the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 18:7
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The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The words of fools will ruin them; their own words will trap them.
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 a snare to his soul.
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 a snare to his soul.
The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
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.
Saying foolish things is like setting a trap to destroy yourself.
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 fool's mouth is his ruin; his words are a trap for him.
A fool's mouth is destruction to him, 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 fooles mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soule.
The mouth of a fool is what destroys him, and his lips are a trap to his soul.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
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.
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 fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
A fool’s mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
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.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of 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 mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of 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 destruction, 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.
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
Then Sarah lied, saying, "I did not laugh," because she was afraid. But the Lord said, "No! You did laugh."
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)
But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.
They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.
"There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord who rules over all, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."'
Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,
The slave replied, ‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.'
But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed 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.
