Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contention » Whose lips enter into contention
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Contentiousness » The contentious spirit
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
I am peace, and when I speak they are for war!
Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,
Dissention » The contentious spirit
Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
I am peace, and when I speak they are for war!
Who have devised evils in the heart, All the day they assemble for wars.
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,
Fools » Characteristics of » Contentiousness
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Fools » Are » Contentious
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Snares » What is a snare
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
And a messenger of Jehovah goeth up from Gilgal unto Bochim, and saith, 'I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye -- ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land -- their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice -- what is this ye have done? And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.'
And mix themselves among nations, and learn their works, And serve their idols, And they are to them for a snare.
And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it is to thee.
'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee; thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods; they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'
'Observe for thyself that which I am commanding thee to-day: lo, I am casting out from before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;
and ye have been very watchful for yourselves to love Jehovah your God. But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you, know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.
A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.
Speaking » Folly in
'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.
A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.
Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!
Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.
Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.
The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.
also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest? I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.
Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness. And the fool multiplieth words: 'Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
Speech/communication » The mouth of a fool
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.
The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness. And the fool multiplieth words: 'Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
Strife » Fools engage in
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.