Proverbs 18:7 KJV
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 18:7, King James Version
In context
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
- Proverbs 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- Proverbs 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.