Proverbs 18:6
The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
Proverbs 12:16
As for a fool, {on that very day} he makes his anger known, but he who ignores an insult [is] prudent.
Proverbs 13:10
Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice.
Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.
Proverbs 14:16
The wise is cautious and turns from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.
Proverbs 16:27-28
A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips [are] like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 17:14
[Like] the release of water [is] the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.
Proverbs 19:19
A hot-tempered person pays a penalty; if you rescue [him], you will do [it] yet again.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.
Proverbs 20:3
[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live upon the corner of a roof than [with] a woman of contention and [in a] shared house.
Proverbs 27:3
Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.
Proverbs 29:9
[If] a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, then there is rankling and ridicule, but there is no relief.