Proverbs 18:7 Cross References

◄ Proverbs 18:7 ►

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Cross References

Psalm 64:8
They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

Psalm 140:9
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Proverbs 10:14
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Treasury of Scripture

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

his destruction

Proverbs 10:8,14
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall…

Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

his lips

Proverbs 6:2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Judges 11:35
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

1 Samuel 14:24
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

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