Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
New American Standard Bible
And his mouth calls for
King James Version
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
Contention » Whose lips enter into contention
Contentiousness » The contentious spirit
Dissention » The contentious spirit
Fools » Characteristics of » Contentiousness
Topics
Interlinear
Saphah
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References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment. 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes. 7 A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16
The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame.
Proverbs 13:10
By pride there only cometh contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 14:3
In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.
Proverbs 16:27-28
A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest.