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Proverbs 18:6

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fool;   Speaking;   Strife;   Thompson Chain Reference - Contentiousness;   Dissention;   Fools;   Unity-Strife;   Wisdom-Folly;   The Topic Concordance - Contention;   Foolishness;   Snares;   Speech/communication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fools;   Strife;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tongue;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Evil Speaking;   Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Evil-Speaking;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fool;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Folly and Fool;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Fools' words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating.
Update Bible Version
A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for stripes.
New Century Version
The words of fools start quarrels. They make people want to beat them.
New English Translation
The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
English Standard Version
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his mouth excitith stryues.
English Revised Version
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Berean Standard Bible
A fool's lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Contemporary English Version
Foolish talk will get you into a lot of trouble.
American Standard Version
A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
Bible in Basic English
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
Complete Jewish Bible
A fool's words get him into fights; yes, his mouth calls out for a beating.
Darby Translation
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Easy-to-Read Version
Fools say things to start arguments. They are just asking for a beating.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
King James Version (1611)
A fooles lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
New Life Bible
The lips of a fool bring fighting, and his mouth calls for a beating.
New Revised Standard
A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.
George Lamsa Translation
A fools lips enter into contention, and his mouth brings him to death,
Good News Translation
When some fool starts an argument, he is asking for a beating.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
Revised Standard Version
A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The lips of a fool bring him into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death.
Christian Standard Bible®
A fool’s lips lead to strife,and his mouth provokes a beating.
Hebrew Names Version
A fool's lips come into strife, And his mouth invites beatings.
King James Version
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Lexham English Bible
The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
Literal Translation
A fool's lips enter into strife, and his mouth calls for strokes.
Young's Literal Translation
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.
THE MESSAGE
The words of a fool start fights; do him a favor and gag him.
New American Standard Bible
A fool's lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings.
New King James Version
A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A fool's lips bring strife, And his mouth calls for blows.
Legacy Standard Bible
A fool's lips come with strife,And his mouth calls for beatings.

Contextual Overview

6A fool's lips bring contention and strife, And his mouth invites a beating.7A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fool's: Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 16:27, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 27:3

his: Proverbs 14:3, Proverbs 19:19, Proverbs 22:24, Proverbs 22:25, Proverbs 25:24, Proverbs 29:9

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:23 - spoken 1 Kings 12:10 - My little finger 2 Kings 14:8 - Come 2 Chronicles 10:10 - My little finger 2 Chronicles 25:19 - why shouldest Proverbs 3:30 - General Proverbs 10:8 - fall Proverbs 10:10 - but Proverbs 10:32 - but Proverbs 12:13 - wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips Proverbs 17:20 - and he Proverbs 25:8 - hastily Proverbs 26:17 - passeth Ecclesiastes 10:3 - and he Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but Matthew 5:22 - fool 1 Corinthians 1:11 - that there

Cross-References

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things; And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.
Matthew 13:33
He told them another parable, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and worked into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, along with her household, she pleaded with us, saying, "If you have judged me and decided that I am faithful to the Lord [a true believer], come to my house and stay." And she persuaded us.
Romans 12:13
contributing to the needs of God's people, pursuing [the practice of] hospitality.
Galatians 5:13
For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.
Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to extend hospitality to strangers [especially among the family of believers—being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
1 Peter 4:9
Be hospitable to one another without complaint.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A fool's lips enter into contention,.... That is, between others, when he has nothing to do with it; but he must be meddling, and make himself a party in the contention, which is an argument of his folly; he says things which occasion disputes, raise contentions among men, and provoke to wrath and anger. The Septuagint version is, "the lips of a fool lead him to evils": for, as they lead him to contention and strife, the issue of that is confusion and every evil work;

and his mouth calleth for strokes: as he stirs up and encourages contention, so he proceeds to blows, and excites others to them; from words he goes to blows, and, by the ill and provoking language of his mouth, gets many a blow to himself. Jarchi seems to understand it of chastisement, from the hand of God; see Proverbs 26:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.”

Proverbs 18:8

Wounds - The word so rendered occurs here and in Proverbs 26:22 only. Others render it “dainties,” and take the verse to describe the avidity with which people swallow in tales of scandal. They find their way to the innermost recesses of man’s nature.


 
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