Proverbs 18:7
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto th...
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