Proverbs 18:7

soul. own self. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 liabl...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and oppo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A fool’s mouth is his destruction. — See above on Proverbs 12:13 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Pro...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A fool's mouth [is] his destruction ,.... The cause of it; for his contentions, and quarrels, and evil speaking, lawsuits are commenced against him,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 ; Pro...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 sna...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 )....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:6 . Calleth for . Stuart understands this in the sense of “ to deserve .” Proverbs 18:8 . Wounds . The word so tr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but t...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ;...

⁷ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:7