Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
KJV
Os stulti contritio ejus, et labia ipsius ruina animæ ejus.
Vulgate
στόμα ἄφρονος συντριβὴ αὐτῷ, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτοῦ παγὶς τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
ASV
פִּֽי כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה ל֑/וֹ וּ֝/שְׂפָתָ֗י/ו מוֹקֵ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
noun · 177×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
מְחִתָּה
mchth
noun · 11×
מוֹקֵֽשׁ
mvqsh
noun · 27×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 23:14 — And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
- Eccl 10:11 — Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
- Prov 6:2 — Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
- Prov 6:2 — Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
- Prov 10:8 — The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Prov 10:14 — Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- Prov 10:14 — Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- Prov 12:13 — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
- Prov 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
- Prov 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
- Ps 59:12 — For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
- Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.