Proverbs 18:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.

Proverbs 18:6 Cross References

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's vexation is presently known: But a prudent man concealeth shame.

Proverbs 13:10

By pride cometh only contention: But with the well advised is wisdom.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty: For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: But every fool will be quarrelling.

Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; Yea, strife and ignominy shall cease.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.