Proverbs 18:7

Young's Literal Translation 1862

The mouth of a fool `is' ruin to him, And his lips `are' the snare of his soul.

Cross References

Psalm 140:9

The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

Psalm 64:8

And they cause him to stumble, Against them `is' their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool `is' near ruin.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

Proverbs 12:13

In transgression of the lips `is' the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

Proverbs 13:3

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

Proverbs 16:22

A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

Proverbs 6:2

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

Judges 11:35

And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I -- I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'