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Proverbs 18:7
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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.
A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
A fool's mouth is destruction 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 destruction, and his lips are a snare of his soul.
Fools hurt themselves when they speak. Their own words trap them.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fooles mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soule.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, 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.
The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
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 fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
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 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.
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.
The mouth of a fool is what destroys him, and his lips are a trap to his soul.
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 mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
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.
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, 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.
The words of fools will ruin them; their own words will trap them.
When a fool speaks, he is ruining himself; he gets caught in the trap of his own words.
A fool's mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, 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 was afraid, so she denied it, saying, "I didn't laugh." But the Lord said, "No, you did laugh."
Then the men got up from their meal and looked out toward Sodom. As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way.
But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.
How terrible for you who sprawl on ivory beds and lounge on your couches, eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock and of choice calves fattened in the stall.
"Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies, "and my name is feared among the nations!
"So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepared. The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!'
And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast,
‘Your brother is back,' he was told, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.'
Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!'
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 “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.”
Proverbs 18:8
Wounds - The word so rendered occurs here and in Proverbs 26:22 only. Others render it “dainties,” 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 man’s nature.
