Proverbs 18:7
“A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A fool's mouth is his destruction,.... The cause of it; for his contentions, and quarrels, and evil speaking, lawsuits…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Proverbs 18:6-8
The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,”…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 18:6-7
Solomon has often shown what mischief bad men do to others with their ungoverned tongues; here he shows what mischief…
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