Proverbs 18:7

King James 2000

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:3

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall escape from trouble.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Psalm 140:9

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 64:8

So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

Proverbs 6:2

You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Judges 11:35

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

Proverbs 14:3

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

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it: but the instruction of fools is folly.