Proverbs 18:7
"A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul."
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- Proverbs 13:3
"He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:14
"Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:13
"The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 64:8
"So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 140:9
"As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 10:11
"Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 6:2
"Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:8
"The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall."
Read in chapter → - Acts 23:14
"And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul."
Read in chapter → - Judges 11:35
"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 the LORD, and I cannot go back."
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