Proverbs 18:7

How Fools Live

⁶ A fool’s lips lead to strife,
and his mouth provokes a beating. ⁷ A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life. ⁸ A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

Foolish Man

Proverbs 10:14

The wise store up knowledge,
but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech,
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 13:3

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Psalm 64:8

They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.

Psalm 140:9

When those who surround me rise up,
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take it back.”

1 Samuel 14:24-46

and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath: “The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

Proverbs 6:2

you have been trapped by the words of your lips—
ensnared by the words of your mouth.

Proverbs 10:8

A wise heart accepts commands,
but foolish lips will be destroyed.

Ecclesiastes 10:11-14

If the snake bites before it is charmed,
then there is no advantage for the charmer.

Mark 6:23-28

So he swore oaths to her: “Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

Acts 23:14-22

These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.