New King James Version
Proverbs 18:7
7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
Context of Proverbs 18:7
5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment. 6A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows. A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul. 8The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body. 9He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.
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 10:8The wise in heart will receive commands, But a prating fool will fall.
- Proverbs 12:13The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will come through trouble.
- Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11A serpent may bite when it is not charmed; The babbler is no different.
- Proverbs 6:2You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.
- Judges 11:35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot go back on it.”
- 1 Samuel 14:24And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people under oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
- Mark 5:23and begged Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.”
- Acts 23:14They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing 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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