Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodBusiness EthicsVirtueCrookednessIntegrityPerversion


The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just. Verse ConceptsFreedom From Violence

for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.


A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, 'I will never break my covenant with you, and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done? So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you."

but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did. They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

And you shall consume all the peoples that the LORD your God will give over to you. Your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. Verse ConceptsTrapEvil TrappingDo Not Have Other godsShow No Mercypity

And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. You shall make no covenant with them and their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."

"Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.

Be very careful, therefore, to love the LORD your God. For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the LORD your God has given you.

It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows. Verse ConceptsCarelessnessPromises, HumanTrapVowsVowsWorldly SnaresMaking VowsDo Not Be RashMaking DecisionsDecision Making

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.


For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear. Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards



Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Verse ConceptsContemplationActionsFalse HopesHope, Nature OfRashnessHow Silence Is WiseDo Not Be RashWithout HopeFoolsDecision Making

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge


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The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools. Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge


Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs


Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! Verse ConceptsSilenceHow Silence Is WiseMan's Wisdom

Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.

"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceThose Who Were Ignorant

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfLike Bad PeopleAnsweringFoolsChanging Yourselfanswers

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. Verse ConceptsInjuryServanthood, In SocietySlanderSlavescriticismgossipingaccusations

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.





Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs


The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?