2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)It is the excellency of the word of God that it teaches us not only divine wisdom for another world, but human prudence for this world, that we may order our affairs with discretion; and this is one good rule, To avoid suretiship, because by it poverty and ruin are often brought into families, which take away that comfort in relations which he had recommended in the foregoing chapter. 1. We must l…
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