Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
His destruction
General references
Bible References
His destruction
Proverbs 10:8
A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 12:13
By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Proverbs 13:3
He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the snake bites before the charming, {the snake charmer will not succeed}.
His lips
Proverbs 6:2
[if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,
Judges 11:35
And the moment he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Ah! My daughter, you have caused me to bow down, and you have become my trouble. {I made an oath} to Yahweh, and I cannot take [it] back."
1 Samuel 14:24
Now the men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, because Saul had made the army take an oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats [any] food until evening, when I will have avenged myself on my enemies!" So none of the army tasted [any] food.
Mark 6:23
And he swore to her, "Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"
Acts 23:14
who went to the chief priests and the elders [and] said, "We have bound ourselves under a curse to partake of nothing until we have killed Paul
General references
Proverbs 6:2
[if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,