Catholic Public Domain Version
"The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts. "
— Proverbs 18:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.”
“A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes. ”
“A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.”
“The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.”
“The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.”
“A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.”
“A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.”
The impious, when he has arrived within the depths of sin, thinks little of it. But ill repute and disgrace follow him.
Words from the mouth of a man are deep waters. And the fountain of wisdom is a torrent overflowing.
It is not good to accept the character of the impious, so as to turn away from true judgment.
The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts.
The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin of his soul.
The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry.
Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.