Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contention » Whose lips enter into contention
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Destruction » What destroys people
The perfection of the upright shall guide them in the way, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. So that, sustenance and covering, let us be content with this. For those that desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Fools » Lips of, a snare to the soul
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Snares » What is a snare
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
And the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, I brought you up out of Egypt and caused you to enter into the land which I swore unto your fathers, and I said, I will never break my covenant with you as long as ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; to the contrary, ye shall throw down their altars, but ye have not heard my voice; why have ye done this? Therefore, I also said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
But were mingled among the Gentiles and learned their works. And they served their idols, which were a snare unto them.
And thou shalt consume all the peoples which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
And I will set thy borders from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the river; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and thou shalt drive them out before thee. Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land lest peradventure they make thee sin against me by serving their gods, for it will be a snare unto thee.
Keep that which I command thee this day; behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Keep thyself lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where thou must enter lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee;
Therefore take heed for your souls that ye love the LORD your God. Because if ye do in any wise go back and cleave unto the remnant of these Gentiles that remain among you and shall make marriages with them and go in unto them and they to you, know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no longer drive out any of these Gentiles from before you, but they shall be snares and traps unto you and scourges in your sides and thorns in your eyes until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
It is a snare unto man to devour that which is holy and afterward to reconsider his vows.
Speaking » Folly in
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
For out of much preoccupation comes the dream, and the voice of the fool out of a multitude of words.
Because dreams abound, and vanities and the words are many, but fear thou God.
As thorns sunk into the hand of one who is drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
The fool gives full rein to his spirit, but the wise man in the end will bring it into rest.
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
The heart of him that has understanding seeks wisdom, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
For him that answers a word before he hears, it is folly and reproach unto him.
The sane man conceals his wisdom: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.
Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.
neither dishonest words nor foolishness nor low jesting, which are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks.
Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Shall vain words have an end? Or what is it that emboldens thee to answer? I also could speak as ye do. I wish your soul were in my soul's stead, that I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Never answer a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him.
Do not accuse a slave in the presence of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. The fool multiplies words and says, Man cannot tell what shall be, and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Speech/communication » The mouth of a fool
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
For out of much preoccupation comes the dream, and the voice of the fool out of a multitude of words.
The sane man conceals his wisdom: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.
Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.
Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
The words from the mouth of the wise man are grace, but the lips of the fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. The fool multiplies words and says, Man cannot tell what shall be, and what shall be after him, who can tell him?