Proverbs 18:7

How Fools Live

⁶ A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows. ⁷ The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul. ⁸ The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

Foolish Man

Proverbs 10:14

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

Proverbs 12:13

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:3

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

Psalm 64:8

The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

Psalm 140:9

As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

Judges 11:35

And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

1 Samuel 14:24-46

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

Proverbs 6:2

You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Ecclesiastes 10:11-14

If a snake gives a bite before the word of power is said, then there is no longer any use in the word of power.

Mark 6:23-28

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

Acts 23:14-22

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to deat