Proverbs 18:7 · KJV
“A fool's mouth {is} his destruction, and his lips {are} the snare of his soul.”
— Proverbs 18:7
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
The words of a talebearer {are} as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. {talebearer: or, whisperer} {as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded} {most...: Heb. chambers}
Proverbs 18 — Context
{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7A fool's mouth {is} his destruction, and his lips {are} the snare of his soul.
8The words of a talebearer {are} as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. {talebearer: or, whisperer} {as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded} {most...: Heb. chambers}
9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 10:14
Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}
Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Psalms 140:9
{As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Ecclesiastes 10:11-14
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. {a babbler: Heb. the master of the tongue}
Acts 23:14-22
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}