Proverbs 18:7

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 140:9

As for the head of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 64:8

So they shall be confounded; their tongue falls on themselves; everyone seeing them shall flee.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise ones store up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a babbling fool shall fall.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips, but the just shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:3

He who keeps his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide, it is ruin to him.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall keep them.

Proverbs 16:22

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

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 5:22

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

Proverbs 6:2

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

Judges 11:35

And it happened when he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me. For I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back.