Proverbs 18 · Verse 6

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Proverbs 18:6, King James Version

Proverbs 18:6 in other translations

BSB	A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
WEB	A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
ASV	A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
YLT	The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
DARBY	A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
BBE	A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
Webster	A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 18:6-7

6-7. The quarrelsome bring trouble on themselves. Their rash language ensnares them (Pr 6:2).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 18:6-7

What mischief bad men do to themselves by their ungoverned tongues!

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.Tei[the] lips ofH8193

כְ֭סִילKhe.sila foolH3684

יָבֹ֣אֽוּya.Vo.'uthey goH935

בְרִ֑יבve.Rivin strifeH7379

וּ֝פִ֗יוu.Fivand mouth hisH6310

לְֽמַהֲלֻמ֥וֹתle.ma.ha.lu.Motfor blowsH4112

יִקְרָֽא\׃yik.Ra'it callsH7121

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Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 16:27-28
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 13:10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Los labios del necio vienen con pleito; y su boca á cuestiones llama.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Les lèvres du sot entrent en dispute, et sa bouche appelle les coups.
German Elberfelder 1871	Die Lippen des Toren geraten in Streit, und sein Mund ruft nach Schlägen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Labia stulti miscent se rixis, et os ejus jurgia provocat.