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Proverbs 18:7
7When a fool speaks, he is destroying himself. His own words are a trap that catches him.
Proverbs 18:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- New International Version (NIV)The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Context of Proverbs 18:7
5Do not refuse to punish wicked people. That would not be good. Also, do not punish anyone who has not done anything wrong. 6When a fool speaks, he starts an argument. He is asking for someone to beat him with a stick. When a fool speaks, he is destroying himself. His own words are a trap that catches him. 8We love to hear other people's secrets. They seem like good food that we can enjoy. 9A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:7 word by word
פִּֽי־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה־ל֑וֹ וּ֝שְׂפָתָ֗יו מוֹקֵ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:7
- Proverbs 10:8Wise people accept good teaching. But people who talk in a foolish way destroy themselves.
- Proverbs 12:13The lies of evil people put them in trouble. But righteous people escape from trouble.
- Proverbs 13:3Someone who thinks before he speaks will keep his life safe. But someone who talks too much will destroy himself.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11Someone may have power over dangerous snakes. But that will not help him if the snake bites him first.
- Proverbs 6:2Then what you have promised to do may become a trap that catches you.
- Judges 11:35When Jephthah saw her, he was so upset that he tore his clothes. He said, ‘Oh no! My daughter! You have made me very sad. I made a serious promise to the Lord and I must do what I promised.’
- 1 Samuel 14:24The Israelite soldiers became very weak and hungry that day. Saul had told his army to agree to this promise: ‘Nobody may eat any food before this evening. By then I will have won against my enemies. If anyone eats anything before then, may God curse him!’ So no soldier in Saul's army ate any food.
- Mark 5:23He said, ‘My little daughter is very ill and she will die very soon. Please come to my house and put your hands on her. Then she will be well and she will live.’
- Acts 23:14They went to the leaders of the priests and the important Jews. They said to them, ‘We have agreed together to make a serious promise to God. We will not eat anything until we have killed Paul.
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool‘s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.” Proverbs 18:8 Wounds - The word so rendered occurs here and in Proverbs 26:22 only. Others render it “dainties,” and take the verse to describe the avidity with which people swallow in tales of scandal. They find their way to the innermost recesses of man‘s…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-7Verses 6-7 What mischief bad men do to themselves by their ungoverned tongues!Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. The quarrelsome bring trouble on themselves. Their rash language ensnares them (Pr 6:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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