Proverbs 18:7

English Standard Version 2016

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:3

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Psalm 140:9

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Psalm 64:8

They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

Proverbs 6:2

if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Judges 11:35

And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.”

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

Proverbs 14:3

By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Proverbs 16:22

Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.