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Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

KJV

Labia stulti miscent se rixis, et os ejus jurgia provocat.

Vulgate

χείλη ἄφρονος ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν εἰς κακά, τὸ δὲ στόμα αὐτοῦ τὸ θρασὺ θάνατον ἐπικαλεῖται.

LXX

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

ASV

שִׂפְתֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל יָבֹ֣אֽוּ בְ/רִ֑יב וּ֝/פִ֗י/ו לְֽ/מַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
noun · 177×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
מַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת
mhlmvt
noun · 2×
רִ֥יב
ryb
noun · 61×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:11 — For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
  • Prov 3:30 — Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
  • Prov 10:8 — The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
  • Prov 12:13 — The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
  • Prov 16:27 — An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
  • Prov 20:3 — It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
  • Prov 22:10 — Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • Prov 22:24 — Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
  • Prov 25:8 — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
  • Prov 26:17 — He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
  • Prov 27:3 — A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.