Proverbs 18:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:3

He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Proverbs 12:13

For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion.

Psalm 140:9

Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

Psalm 64:8

who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled,

Proverbs 6:2

Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

Judges 11:35

And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Proverbs 16:22

Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.