Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging. The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

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

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life. Verse ConceptsLipsSelf ControlTrapping OneselfBeware Of Your SpeechThe TongueFoolsThe Power Of Wordsgossiping

The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right. Verse ConceptsFreedom From Violence

For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that. Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life. Verse ConceptsLipsSelf ControlTrapping OneselfBeware Of Your SpeechThe TongueFoolsThe Power Of Wordsgossiping

The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging. The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

The Lord's angelic messenger went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, "I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my agreement with you, but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.' But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing? At that time I also warned you, 'If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.'"

They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways. They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

You must destroy all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you. Verse ConceptsTrapEvil TrappingDo Not Have Other godsShow No Mercypity

I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you. "You must make no covenant with them or with their gods. They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."

"Obey what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God! But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed. Verse ConceptsCarelessnessPromises, HumanTrapVowsVowsWorldly SnaresMaking VowsDo Not Be RashMaking DecisionsDecision Making

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

The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging. The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.


Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God! Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards



Do you see someone 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 discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge

The one who gives an answer before he listens -- that is his folly and his shame. Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfSpeech, Positive Aspects OfCounselingAnsweringDo Not Be RashDiplomacyDecision Makinganswers

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The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfCommendationSpeech, Power And Significance OfSpeech, Positive Aspects OfValuing Knowledge

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction. Verse ConceptsBabblingSpeech, Power And Significance OfThriftTroubleDestructionValuing KnowledgeStoring Other Things

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge


Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs


If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. Verse ConceptsSilenceHow Silence Is WiseMan's Wisdom

Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer? I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

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

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

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

At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness, yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging. The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.



The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfCommendationSpeech, Power And Significance OfSpeech, Positive Aspects OfValuing Knowledge

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction. Verse ConceptsBabblingSpeech, Power And Significance OfThriftTroubleDestructionValuing KnowledgeStoring Other Things

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs


The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive. At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness, yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?