Proverbs 18:7

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

The mouth of a fool is [the] defouling of him; and his lips be the falling of his soul.

Cross References

Psalm 140:9

The head of the compass of them; the travail of their lips shall cover them.

Psalm 64:8

and the tongues of them be made sick against them. All men be troubled, that saw them;

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men hide knowing; but the mouth of a fool is next to confusion.

Proverbs 10:8

A wise man shall receive commandments with heart; a fool is beaten with his own lips.

Proverbs 12:13

For the sins of lips, falling down nigheth to an evil man; but a just [or rightwise] man shall escape from anguish.

Proverbs 13:3

He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul; but he that is unwary to speak, shall feel evils.

Proverbs 14:3

The rod of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lips of wise men keep them.

Proverbs 16:22

The well of life is the learning of him that wieldeth; the teaching of fools is folly.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a double-tongued man be as simple; and they come unto the inner things of the womb. Dread casteth down a slow man; forsooth the souls of men turned into women’s condition shall have hunger.

Proverbs 5:22

The wickednesses of a wicked man take him; and he is bound with the ropes of his sins.

Proverbs 6:2

Thou art bound by the words of thy mouth; and thou art taken with thine own words.

Judges 11:35

And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, Alas! my daughter, thou hast troubled me, and thou art troubled; for I opened my mouth to the Lord, and I may do none other thing.