King James Version
Proverbs 18:7 in the King James Version says “A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.”
Proverbs 18:7 · KJV
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. talebearer: or, whisperer as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded most: Heb. chambers
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“is his destruction”
H4288properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
“and his lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“are the snare”
H4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)
“of his soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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