A fool's lips enter into contention,\par\tab And his mouth calleth for stripes.
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.
A fool's vexation is presently known;\par\tab But a prudent man concealeth shame.
By pride cometh only contention;\par\tab But with the well-advised is wisdom.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil;\par\tab But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for {\i his} pride;\par\tab But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
The beginning of strife is {\i as} when one letteth out water:\par\tab Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty;\par\tab For if thou deliver {\i him}, thou must do it yet again.
Judgments are prepared for scoffers,\par\tab And stripes for the back of fools.\par
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;\par\tab But every fool will be quarrelling.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;\par\tab Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,\par\tab Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;\par\tab But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man,\par\tab Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.