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


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Exodus 21 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
Leviticus 5 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Leviticus 24 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus 24 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 6 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job 7 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 11 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 12 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 12 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 13 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 15 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job 16 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Job 20 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 33 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job 33 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Job 34 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Job 40 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Psalms 5 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms 10 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalms 12 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 12 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Psalms 17 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 17 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms 22 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 35 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Psalms 36 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Psalms 38 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 41 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalms 45 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalms 49 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 50 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 52 2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms 52 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalms 55 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Psalms 57 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 59 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?