Proverbs 18:7

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• פִּֽי־[the] mouth of

  pi-H6310 →498 times

• כְ֭סִילa fool

  khesilH3684 →70 times

• מְחִתָּה־[is] ruin

  mechitah-H4288 →11 times

• ל֑וֹof him

  lo

• וּ֝שְׂפָתָ֗יוand lips his

  usefatavH8193 →176 times

• מוֹקֵ֥שׁ[are] [the] snare of

  mokeshH4170 →27 times

• נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃life his

  nafshoH5315 →754 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Proverbs 13:3

  He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 21:23

    He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Proverbs 18:21

    Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • James 3:2–12

    We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

  • Matthew 12:36–37

    But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

  • Psalms 39:1

    I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

• Through

  Psalms 64:8

  They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 12:13

    An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

• Through

  Psalms 140:9

  May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

  it leads to

  • Psalms 7:16

    His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

• Through

  Proverbs 12:13

  An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

  it leads to

  • Proverbs 11:8

    The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.