A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for strokes.
A [self-confident] fool's lips bring contention, and his mouth invites a beating.
A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
The lips of fools make accusations; their mouths elicit beatings.
The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts.
The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.
By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.
The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
A man of great wrath will pay the penalty; for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.