“ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. ”
The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.” Proverbs...
Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
soul. own self. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. A fool's ... lips (are) the snare of his soul. He is ruined by his own recklessness and wantonness of speech.
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
A fool’s mouth is his destruction. — See above on Proverbs 12:13 .
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep...
A fool's mouth [is] his destruction ,.... The cause of it; for his contentions, and quarrels, and evil speaking, lawsuits are commenced against him, which bring ruin upon himself and his family now;...
A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul. Ver. 7. A fool's mouth is his destruction.] Proverbs 10:14 ; Proverbs 12:13 ; Proverbs 13:3 See Trapp on " Pro...
6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. Solomon has often shown w...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Words Of The Wise Are A Wellspring Of Wisdom, But A Fool's Words Result In Misery For Him, And Finally Bring About His Ruin ( Proverbs 18:3-7 ). As with the previous subsection, this subsectio...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:6 . Calleth for . Stuart understands this in the sense of “ to deserve .” Proverbs 18:8 . Wounds . The word so translated occurs only here and in chap. Proverbs 2...
Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
A fool’s lips enter into contention. The speech of a splenetic fool How frequently Solomon speaks of the fool! and the fool in his idea was not an intellectually demented man, but a morally bad...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
v. 7. A fool's mouth, on account of his quarrelsome disposition, is his destruction, it brings ruin upon him, and his lips are the snare of his soul, his rash language causes trouble for himsel...
1 Samuel 14:24-46 ; Acts 23:14-22 ; Ecclesiastes 10:11-14 ; Judges 11:35 ; Mark 6:23-28 ; Proverbs 10:14 ; Proverbs 10:8 ; Proverbs 12:13 ; Proverbs 13:3 ; Proverbs 6:2