King James Version with Apocrypha
"A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes."
— Proverbs 18:6, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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.”
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.