Proverbs 18:7

Proverbs 18:7 in other translations

What does Proverbs 18:7 mean?

Proverbs 18:7 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 18:7

• Proverbs 13:3

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

• Proverbs 12:13

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

• Proverbs 10:14

  Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

• Psalms 64:8

  So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

• Psalms 140:9

  As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

• Ecclesiastes 10:11-14

  Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

• Acts 23:14-22

  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. Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. …

• Proverbs 10:8

  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

• Proverbs 6:2

  Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

• Mark 6:23-28

  And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. …

• 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 14:24-46

  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. And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. …

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Context

• Proverbs 18:6

  A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

• Proverbs 18:7

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

• Proverbs 18:8

  The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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