A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
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 ignores an insult.
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
By the mouth of a fool comes 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 beating 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 quarrelsome wife.
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.