Verse 7

A fool's{H3684} mouth{H6310} is his destruction,{H4288} And his lips{H8193} are the snare{H4170} of his soul.{H5315}

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:14 : 14 Wise{H2450} men lay up{H6845} knowledge;{H1847} But the mouth{H6310} of the foolish{H191} is a present{H7138} destruction.{H4288}
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 In the transgression{H6588} of the lips{H8193} is a snare{H4170} to the evil{H6869} man; But the righteous{H6662} shall come out{H3318} of trouble.{H6869}
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He that guardeth{H5341} his mouth{H6310} keepeth{H8104} his life;{H5315} [But] he that openeth wide{H6589} his lips{H8193} shall have destruction.{H4288}
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall be made to stumble,{H3782} their own tongue{H3956} being against them: All that see{H7200} them shall wag{H5074} the head.
  • Ps 140:9 : 9 As for the head{H7218} of those that compass me about,{H4524} Let the mischief{H5999} of their own lips{H8193} cover{H3680} them.
  • Prov 6:2 : 2 Thou art snared{H3369} with the words{H561} of thy mouth,{H6310} Thou art taken{H3920} with the words{H561} of thy mouth.{H6310}
  • Prov 10:8 : 8 The wise{H2450} in heart{H3820} will receive{H3947} commandments;{H4687} But a prating{H8193} fool{H191} shall fall.{H3832}
  • Eccl 10:11-14 : 11 If the serpent{H5175} bite{H5391} before it is charmed,{H3908} then is there no advantage{H3504} in the charmer.{H3956} 12 The words{H1697} of a wise man's{H2450} mouth{H6310} are gracious;{H2580} but the lips{H8193} of a fool{H3684} will swallow up{H1104} himself. 13 The beginning{H8462} of the words{H1697} of his mouth{H6310} is foolishness;{H5531} and the end{H319} of his talk{H6310} is mischievous{H7451} madness.{H1948} 14 A fool{H5530} also multiplieth{H7235} words:{H1697} [yet] man{H120} knoweth{H3045} not what shall be; and that which shall be after{H310} him, who can tell{H5046} him?
  • Mark 6:23-28 : 23 And{G2532} he sware{G3660} unto her,{G3754} Whatsoever{G3739} thou shalt ask{G154} of me,{G3165} I{G1437} will give{G1325} it thee,{G4671} unto{G2193} the half{G2255} of my{G3450} kingdom.{G932} 24 And{G1161} she went out,{G1831} and said{G2036} unto her{G846} mother,{G3384} What{G5101} shall I ask?{G154} And{G1161} she said,{G2036} The head{G2776} of John{G2491} the Baptizer.{G910} 25 And{G2532} she came in{G1525} straightway{G2112} with{G3326} haste{G4710} unto{G4314} the king,{G935} and asked,{G154} saying,{G3004} I will{G2309} that{G2443} thou forthwith{G1824} give{G1325} me{G3427} on{G1909} a platter{G4094} the head{G2776} of John{G2491} the Baptist.{G910} 26 And{G2532} the king{G935} was{G1096} exceeding sorry;{G4036} but for{G1223} the sake{G3727} of his oaths, and{G2532} of them{G3588} that sat{G4873} at meat, he would{G2309} not{G3756} reject{G114} her.{G846} 27 And{G2532} straightway{G2112} the king{G935} sent{G649} forth a soldier{G4688} of his guard, and commanded{G2004} to bring{G5342} his{G846} head:{G2776} and{G1161} he went{G565} and beheaded{G607} him{G846} in{G1722} the prison,{G5438} 28 and{G2532} brought{G5342} his{G846} head{G2776} on{G1909} a platter,{G4094} and{G2532} gave{G1325} it{G846} to the damsel;{G2877} and{G2532} the damsel{G2877} gave{G1325} it{G846} to her{G846} mother.{G3384}
  • Acts 23:14-22 : 14 And they{G3748} came{G4334} to the chief priests{G749} and{G2532} the elders,{G4245} and said,{G2036} We have bound{G332} ourselves{G1438} under a{G3739} great curse,{G331} to taste{G1089} nothing{G3367} until{G2193} we have killed{G615} Paul.{G3972} 15 Now{G3568} therefore{G3767} do ye{G5210} with{G4862} the council{G4892} signify{G1718} to{G4314} the chief captain{G5506} that{G3704} he bring{G2609} him{G846} down{G2609} unto{G4314} you,{G5209} as though{G5613} ye would{G3195} judge{G1231} of his{G846} case{G4012} more exactly:{G199} and{G1161} we,{G2249} before{G4253} he{G846} comes near,{G1448} are{G2070} ready{G2092} to slay{G337} him.{G846} 16 But{G1161} Paul's{G3972} sister's{G79} son{G5207} heard{G191} of their lying in wait,{G1749} and he came{G3854} and{G2532} entered{G1525} into{G1519} the castle{G3925} and told{G518} Paul.{G3972} 17 And{G1161} Paul{G3972} called{G4341} unto him one{G1520} of the centurions,{G1543} and said,{G5346} Bring{G520} this{G5126} young man{G3494} unto{G4314} the chief captain;{G5506} for{G1063} he hath{G2192} something{G5100} to tell{G518} him.{G846} 18 So{G3767} {G3303} he took{G3880} him,{G846} and brought{G71} him to{G4314} the chief captain,{G5506} and{G2532} saith,{G5346} Paul{G3972} the prisoner{G1198} called{G4341} me{G3165} unto{G4341} him, and asked me{G2065} to bring{G71} this{G5126} young man{G3494} unto{G4314} thee,{G4571} who hath{G2192} something{G5100} to say{G2980} to thee.{G4671} 19 And{G1161} the chief captain{G5506} took{G1949} him{G846} by the hand,{G5495} and{G2532} going{G402} aside{G2596} asked{G4441} him privately,{G2398} What{G5101} is{G2076} it that{G3739} thou hast{G2192} to tell{G518} me?{G3427} 20 And{G1161} he said,{G3754} The Jews{G2453} have agreed{G4934} to ask{G2065} thee{G4571} to{G3704} bring down{G2609} Paul{G3972} to-morrow{G839} unto{G1519} the council,{G4892} as though{G5613} thou wouldest inquire{G4441} somewhat{G5100} more{G3195} exactly{G199} concerning{G4012} him.{G846} 21 {G3767} Do{G3982} not{G3361} thou{G4771} therefore yield{G3982} unto them:{G846} for{G1063} there lie in wait{G1748} for him{G846} of{G1537} them{G846} more{G4119} than forty{G5062} men,{G435} who{G3748} have bound{G332} themselves{G1438} under a curse,{G332} {G3739} neither{G3383} to{G5315} eat{G5315} nor{G3383} to drink{G4095} till{G2193} {G3739} they have slain{G337} him:{G846} and{G2532} now{G3568} are they{G1526} ready,{G2092} looking for{G4327} the promise{G1860} from{G575} thee.{G4675} 22 So{G3767} {G3303} the chief captain{G5506} let{G630} the young man{G3494} go,{G630} charging{G3853} him, Tell{G1583} no man{G3367} that{G3754} thou hast signified{G1718} these things{G5023} to{G4314} me.{G3165}
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 And it came to pass, when he saw{H7200} her, that he rent{H7167} his clothes,{H899} and said,{H559} Alas,{H162} my daughter!{H1323} thou hast brought{H3766} me very{H3766} low,{H3766} and thou art one of them that trouble{H5916} me; for I have opened{H6475} my mouth{H6310} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and I cannot{H3201} go back.{H7725}
  • 1 Sam 14:24-46 : 24 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} were distressed{H5065} that day;{H3117} for Saul{H7586} had adjured{H422} the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} that eateth{H398} any food{H3899} until it be evening,{H6153} and I be avenged{H5358} on mine enemies.{H341} So none of the people{H5971} tasted{H2938} food.{H3899} 25 And all the people{H776} came{H935} into the forest;{H3293} and there was honey{H1706} upon{H6440} the ground.{H7704} 26 And when the people{H5971} were come{H935} unto the forest,{H3293} behold, the honey{H1706} dropped:{H1982} but no man put{H5381} his hand{H3027} to his mouth;{H6310} for the people{H5971} feared{H3372} the oath.{H7621} 27 But Jonathan{H3129} heard{H8085} not when his father{H1} charged{H7650} the people{H5971} with the oath:{H7650} wherefore he put forth{H7971} the end{H7097} of the rod{H4294} that was in his hand,{H3027} and dipped{H2881} it in the honeycomb,{H3295} and put{H7725} his hand{H3027} to his mouth;{H6310} and his eyes{H5869} were enlightened.{H215} 28 Then answered{H6030} one{H376} of the people,{H5971} and said,{H559} Thy father{H1} straitly{H7650} charged{H7650} the people{H5971} with an oath,{H7650} saying,{H559} Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} that eateth{H398} food{H3899} this day.{H3117} And the people{H5971} were faint.{H5774} 29 Then said{H559} Jonathan,{H3129} My father{H1} hath troubled{H5916} the land:{H776} see,{H7200} I pray you, how mine eyes{H5869} have been enlightened,{H215} because I tasted{H2938} a little{H4592} of this honey.{H1706} 30 How much more,{H637} if haply{H3863} the people{H5971} had eaten{H398} freely{H398} to-day{H3117} of the spoil{H7998} of their enemies{H341} which they found?{H4672} for now hath there been no great{H7235} slaughter{H4347} among the Philistines.{H6430} 31 And they smote{H5221} of the Philistines{H6430} that day{H3117} from Michmash{H4363} to Aijalon.{H357} And the people{H5971} were very{H3966} faint;{H5774} 32 and the people{H5971} flew{H5860} upon the spoil,{H7998} and took{H3947} sheep,{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} and calves,{H1121} and slew{H7819} them on the ground;{H776} and the people{H5971} did eat{H398} them with the blood.{H1818} 33 Then they told{H5046} Saul,{H7586} saying,{H559} Behold, the people{H5971} sin{H2398} against Jehovah,{H3068} in that they eat{H398} with the blood.{H1818} And he said,{H559} ye have dealt treacherously:{H898} roll{H1556} a great{H1419} stone{H68} unto me this day.{H3117} 34 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Disperse{H6327} yourselves among the people,{H5971} and say{H559} unto them, Bring me hither{H5066} every man{H376} his ox,{H7794} and every man{H376} his sheep,{H7716} and slay{H7819} them here, and eat;{H398} and sin{H2398} not against Jehovah{H3068} in eating{H398} with the blood.{H1818} And all the people{H5971} brought{H5066} every man{H376} his ox{H7794} with him{H3027} that night,{H3915} and slew{H7819} them there. 35 And Saul{H7586} built{H1129} an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah:{H3068} the same was the first{H2490} altar{H4196} that he built{H1129} unto Jehovah.{H3068} 36 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Let us go down{H3381} after{H310} the Philistines{H6430} by night,{H3915} and take spoil{H962} among them until the morning{H1242} light,{H216} and let us not leave{H7604} a man{H376} of them. And they said,{H559} Do{H6213} whatsoever seemeth{H5869} good{H2896} unto thee. Then said{H559} the priest,{H3548} Let us draw near{H7126} hither{H1988} unto God.{H430} 37 And Saul{H7586} asked{H7592} counsel of God,{H430} Shall I go down{H3381} after{H310} the Philistines?{H6430} wilt thou deliver{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of Israel?{H3478} But he answered{H6030} him not that day.{H3117} 38 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Draw nigh{H5066} hither,{H1988} all ye chiefs{H6438} of the people;{H5971} and know{H3045} and see{H7200} wherein{H4100} this sin{H2403} hath been this day.{H3117} 39 For, as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} who saveth{H3467} Israel,{H3478} though it be{H3426} in Jonathan{H3129} my son,{H1121} he shall surely{H4191} die.{H4191} But there was not a man among all the people{H5971} that answered{H6030} him. 40 Then said{H559} he unto all Israel,{H3478} Be ye on one{H259} side,{H5676} and I and Jonathan{H3129} my son{H1121} will be on the other{H259} side.{H5676} And the people{H5971} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Do{H6213} what seemeth{H5869} good{H2896} unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Show{H3051} the right.{H8549} And Jonathan{H3129} and Saul{H7586} were taken{H3920} [by lot]; but the people{H5971} escaped.{H3318} 42 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Cast{H5307} [lots] between me and Jonathan{H3129} my son.{H1121} And Jonathan{H3129} was taken.{H3920} 43 Then Saul{H7586} said{H559} to Jonathan,{H3129} Tell{H5046} me what thou hast done.{H6213} And Jonathan{H3129} told{H5046} him, and said,{H559} I did certainly{H2938} taste{H2938} a little{H4592} honey{H1706} with the end{H7097} of the rod{H4294} that was in my hand;{H3027} and, lo,{H2009} I must die.{H4191} 44 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} God{H430} do so{H6213} and more also;{H3254} for thou shalt surely{H4191} die,{H4191} Jonathan.{H3129} 45 And the people{H5971} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Shall Jonathan{H3129} die,{H4191} who hath wrought{H6213} this great{H1419} salvation{H3444} in Israel?{H3478} Far{H2486} from it: as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} there shall not one hair{H8185} of his head{H7218} fall{H5307} to the ground;{H776} for he hath wrought{H6213} with God{H430} this day.{H3117} So the people{H5971} rescued{H6299} Jonathan,{H3129} that he died{H4191} not. 46 Then Saul{H7586} went up{H5927} from following{H310} the Philistines;{H6430} and the Philistines{H6430} went{H1980} to their own place.{H4725}