Proverbs 18:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 3 He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for strokes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ A [self-confident] fool's lips bring contention, and his mouth invites a beating.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

Common English Bible

⁶ The lips of fools make accusations; their mouths elicit beatings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts.

Proverbs 18:6 Cross References

Proverbs 12:16

3 A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly.

Proverbs 13:10

7 The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 14:16

3 In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

Proverbs 14:3

0 The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.

Proverbs 17:14

1 A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

Proverbs 19:19

6 He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.

Proverbs 19:29

The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.

Proverbs 20:3

0 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.

Proverbs 22:10

7 Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine :

Proverbs 25:24

A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

Proverbs 27:3

0 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.

Proverbs 29:9

6 When the wicked are multiplied, crimes shall be multiplied: but the just shall see their downfall.