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Proverbs 18

Prov. 18:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A fool’s
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
is hisa destruction
mchittah (Hebrew #4288)
properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation
KJV usage: destruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.
Pronounce: mekh-it-taw'
Origin: from 2846
, and his lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
are the snare
mowqesh (Hebrew #4170)
from 3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively): by implication, a hook (for the nose)
KJV usage: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
Pronounce: mo-kashe'
Origin: or moqesh {mo-kashe'}
of his soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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Eccl. 10:12• 12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself. (Eccl. 10:12)

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Destruction,
Snare,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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his destruction.
Prov. 10:8,14• 8The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
 14The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction. (Prov. 10:8,14)
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Prov. 12:13• 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble. (Prov. 12:13)
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Prov. 13:3• 3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips. (Prov. 13:3)
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Eccl. 10:11‑14• 11If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
 12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.
 13The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
 14And the fool multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him? (Eccl. 10:11‑14)
his lips.
Prov. 6:2• 2thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. (Prov. 6:2)
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Judg. 11:35• 35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, 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 to Jehovah, and I cannot go back. (Judg. 11:35)
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1 Sam. 14:24‑46• 24But the men of Israel were distressed that day. Now Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food until evening, and until I am avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
 25And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground.
 26And the people had come into the wood, and behold, the honey flowed; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
 27But Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he put forth the end of his staff which was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
 28Then answered one of the people and said, Thy father strictly adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day; and the people are faint.
 29And Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land: see, I pray you, that mine eyes are bright, because I tasted a little of this honey.
 30How much more, if the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not now have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
 31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon; and the people were very faint.
 32And the people fell on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
 33And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have acted perversely: roll me now a great stone.
 34And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring near to me every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slaughter them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slaughtered them there.
 35And Saul built an altar to Jehovah: this was the first altar he built to Jehovah.
 36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever is good in thy sight. Then said the priest, Let us come near hither to God.
 37And Saul inquired of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou give them into the hand of Israel? But he did not answer him that day.
 38And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the heads of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.
 39For, as Jehovah liveth, who has saved Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall certainly die. And no one answered him among all the people.
 40Then said he to all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what is good in thy sight.
 41And Saul said to Jehovah the God of Israel, Give a perfect testimony! And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people escaped.
 42And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
 43And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him and said, With the end of the staff which is in my hand I tasted a little honey, and behold, I must die!
 44And Saul said, God do so to me and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.
 45And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! as Jehovah liveth, there shall not a hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.
 46And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place. (1 Sam. 14:24‑46)
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Mark 6:23‑28• 23And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom.
 24And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.
 25And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
 26And the king, while made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with him would not break his word with her.
 27And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
 28and brought his head upon a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother. (Mark 6:23‑28)
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Acts 23:14‑22• 14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.
 16But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported it to Paul.
 17And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.
 18He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.
 19And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?
 20And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.
 21Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.
 22The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me. (Acts 23:14‑22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A fool’s mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.