Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Themes
Contention » Whose lips enter into contention
Contentiousness » The contentious spirit
Dissention » The contentious spirit
Fools » Characteristics of » Contentiousness
Topics
Interlinear
Saphah
Peh
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
5
It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.
6
And his mouth calls for
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.
Proverbs 13:10
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 14:3
By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
Proverbs 14:16
One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
Proverbs 16:27-28
A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.
Proverbs 19:29
Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.