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Proverbs 18:6
6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Proverbs 18:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
- New International Version (NIV)The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows.
Context of Proverbs 18:6
4The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook. 5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes. 7A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul. 8The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:6 word by word
שִׂפְתֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל יָבֹ֣אֽוּ בְרִ֑יב וּ֝פִ֗יו לְֽמַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:6
- Proverbs 12:16The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
- Proverbs 13:10By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
- Proverbs 14:16A wise [man] feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.
- Proverbs 16:27A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.
- Proverbs 17:14The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
- Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
- Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
- Proverbs 14:3In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
- Proverbs 22:24Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
- Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, [he] hath no rest.
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-8Verses 6-8 The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool‘s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.” Proverbs 18:8 Wounds - The word so rendered occurs here and in Proverbs 26:22 only. Others render it “dainties,” and take the verse to describe the avidity with which people swallow in tales of scandal. They find their way to the innermost recesses of man‘s…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-7Verses 6-7 What mischief bad men do to themselves by their ungoverned tongues!Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. The quarrelsome bring trouble on themselves. Their rash language ensnares them (Pr 6:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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