Proverbs 18:6

Coverdale Bible (1535)

A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.
  • Prov 14:3 : 3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.
  • Prov 16:27-28 : 27 An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre. 28 A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 He yt soweth discorde & strife, is like one yt dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water yt breaketh out & reneth abrode.
  • Prov 19:19 : 19 For greate wrath bryngeth harme, therfore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurtoure.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.
  • Prov 22:24-25 : 24 Make no fredshipe with an angrie wylfull man, and kepe no company wt ye furious: 25 lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe, then wt a braulynge woman in a wyde house.
  • Prov 27:3 : 3 The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 18:7
    88%

    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.

    13 The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.

  • Prov 14:3
    80%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • Prov 15:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

    2 A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18 Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

    19 Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • Prov 26:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3 Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.

    4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

    6 He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth eny thinge to a foole.

    7 Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.

  • Prov 29:11
    76%

    11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 In ye lippes of him yt hath vnderstodinge a ma shal fynde wysdome, but ye rodde belogeth to ye backe of ye foolish.

    14 Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

  • Prov 15:7
    75%

    7 A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 14:7
    75%

    7 Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.

  • Prov 17:10
    75%

    10 One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15 Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

    16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

    9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 18:2
    75%

    2 A foole hath no delyte in vnderstodinge, but only in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth.

  • Prov 19:29
    75%

    29 Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14 A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 26:9
    74%

    9 A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.

  • Prov 10:21
    74%

    21 The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

  • Prov 16:23
    74%

    23 The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

  • Prov 24:7
    74%

    7 Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

  • Prov 10:8
    74%

    8 A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

  • Prov 13:16
    74%

    16 A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Eccl 10:3
    74%

    3 A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Prov 20:3
    73%

    3 It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 17:28
    73%

    28 Yee a very foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his lippes.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31 The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20 Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • Prov 21:23
    73%

    23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Prov 14:17
    72%

    17 An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • Prov 17:7
    72%

    7 An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • Job 15:6
    72%

    6 Thine owne mouth condemneth the, and not I: yee thine owne lippes shappe the an answere.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

    32 Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie yi self, or medlest wt eny soch thinge, the laye thine hade vpon yi mouth.

  • Prov 10:10
    72%

    10 He yt wynketh with his eye, wil do some harme: but he that hath a foolish mouth, shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4 A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25 An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24 Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

    9 Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.