A fool’s mouth [is] his destruction<\/strong>,…. 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; as well as for his idle and wicked words he will be condemned hereafter, Mt 12:35<\/span>; there is a world of iniquity in the mouth and tongue of a wicked man, which bring destruction upon himself and others, Jas 3:6<\/span>;<\/p>\n and his lips [are] the snare of his soul<\/strong>; from speaking in his own defence, he says things which should not be said, and by which he is entangled yet more and more; he is caught by his own words and condemned by them; or his loquacity, in which he delights, is a snare unto him to say things which neither become him, nor are for his advantage, but the contrary; see Pr 12:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n 7 The mouth of the fool is to him destruction,<\/p>\n And his lips are a snare to his soul.<\/p>\n As Pro 18:6<\/span> corresponds to Pro 17:27<\/span> of the foregoing group, so this Pro 18:7<\/span> corresponds to Pro 17:28<\/span>. Regarding , vid<\/em>., Pro 13:3<\/span>. Instead of , is to be written , according to Torath Emeth<\/em>, p. 40, Cod. 1294, and old editions.<\/p>\n Verse 7<\/strong> reveals that continued ill-use of the tongue destroys the fool, Pro 10:14<\/span>; Pro 13:3<\/span>; Psa 64:8<\/span>; Ecc 10:12<\/span>.<\/p>\n (7) A fools mouth is his destruction.<\/strong>See above on Pro. 12:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. <\/strong> Snare of his soul <\/strong> Or life. His language endangers his life; and, in a higher sense, his soul also. Comp. Pro 10:14<\/span>; Pro 13:3<\/span>. For the figure snare, <\/em> comp. Pro 2:13<\/span>; Pro 13:14<\/span>; Pro 14:27<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n v. 7. A fool’s mouth,<\/strong> on account of his quarrelsome disposition, is his destruction,<\/strong> it brings ruin upon him, and his lips are the snare of his soul,<\/strong> his rash language causes trouble for himself. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Pro 18:7 A fool’s mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 7. A fool’s mouth is his destruction.] Pro 10:14<\/span> ; Pro 12:13<\/span> ; Pro 13:3<\/span> See Trapp on “<\/em> Pro 10:14 “<\/em> See Trapp on “<\/em> Pro 12:13 “<\/em> See Trapp on “<\/em> Pro 13:3 “<\/em> <\/p>\n soul = own self. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. <\/p>\n Pro 18:7<\/p>\n Pro 18:7<\/p>\n “A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul”<\/p>\n Again and again Proverbs returns to the dangers of irresponsible speech. For a full discussion of this, see James 3.<\/p>\n Pro 18:7. This verse continues the topic of Pro 18:6. Similar passages: Pro 10:14; Pro 12:13; Pro 13:3; Ecc 10:12. Soul means life here, showing the serious destruction that his speech is capable of bringing.<\/p>\n his destruction: Pro 10:8, Pro 10:14, Pro 12:13, Pro 13:3, Ecc 10:11-14 <\/p>\n his lips: Pro 6:2, Jdg 11:35, 1Sa 14:24-46, Mar 6:23-28, Act 23:14-22 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 3:33 – as a fool dieth 1Ki 2:23 – spoken 1Ki 12:10 – My little finger 2Ch 10:10 – My little finger Psa 59:12 – For the Psa 64:8 – tongue Psa 140:9 – let the mischief Pro 10:10 – but Pro 17:20 – and he Pro 20:25 – a snare<\/p>\n A fool’s mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul. 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; as well as for his idle and wicked … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 18:7”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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