Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

A fool’s lips lead to strife,
and his mouth provokes a beating.

International Standard Version

A fool's words bring strife, and his mouth invites fighting.

A Conservative Version

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


A fool’s lips bring contention and strife,
And his mouth invites a beating.

Bible in Basic English

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Darby Translation

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.

Julia Smith Translation

The lips of the foolish one will come into contention, and his mouth will call for blows.

King James 2000

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.

Modern King James verseion

A fool's lips enter into argument, and his mouth calls for strokes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle.

NET Bible

The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

New Heart English Bible

A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

The Emphasized Bible

the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.

Webster

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

World English Bible

A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

Youngs Literal Translation

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A fool's
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

רב ריב 
Riyb 
Usage: 60

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

References

Easton

Context Readings

How Fools Live

5 To respect the person of the wicked so that the righteous loses that which is rightfully his is not good. 6 A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.
7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:16

A fool's wrath is presently known, but he who covers the injury is sane.

Proverbs 13:10

Pride shall certainly give birth to contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 14:16

The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

Proverbs 16:27-28

The man of Belial digs in search of evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Proverbs 17:14

To release the waters (to speak rashly) is the beginning of contention; therefore, leave off strife before it gets started.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath shall suffer the consequences, for even if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners and stripes for the back of fools.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

Proverbs 22:24-25

Do not meddle with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

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