Proverbs 18:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:16 : 16 A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
  • Prov 14:3 : 3 In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
  • Prov 16:27-28 : 27 A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire. 28 A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.
  • Prov 19:19 : 19 A man of much anger shall suffer punishment: and though thou deliuer him, yet wil his anger come againe.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.
  • Prov 22:24-25 : 24 Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man, 25 Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
  • Prov 25:24 : 24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
  • Prov 29:9 : 9 If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is 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%

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

    13The beginning of the wordes of his mouth is foolishnesse, and the latter ende of his mouth is wicked madnesse.

  • Prov 14:3
    80%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.

  • Prov 15:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

    2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

    19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

  • Prov 26:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

    5Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

    6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.

    7As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

  • Prov 29:11
    76%

    11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

  • Prov 10:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.

    14Wise men lay vp knowledge: but ye mouth of the foole is a present destruction.

  • Prov 15:7
    75%

    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 14:7
    75%

    7Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

  • Prov 17:10
    75%

    10A reproofe entereth more into him that hath vnderstanding, then an hundreth stripes into a foole.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.

    16A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise.

  • Prov 23:9
    75%

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 18:2
    75%

    2A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

  • Prov 19:29
    75%

    29But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.

  • Prov 15:14
    74%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • Prov 26:9
    74%

    9As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

  • Prov 10:21
    74%

    21The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.

  • Prov 16:23
    74%

    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 24:7
    74%

    7Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 10:8
    74%

    8The wise in heart will receiue commandements: but the foolish in talke shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 13:16
    74%

    16Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • Prov 19:1
    74%

    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Eccl 10:3
    74%

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Prov 20:3
    73%

    3It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling.

  • Prov 12:23
    73%

    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Prov 15:5
    73%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 17:28
    73%

    28Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 21:23
    73%

    23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

  • Prov 14:17
    72%

    17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Prov 17:7
    72%

    7Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

  • Job 15:6
    72%

    6Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

  • Prov 30:32
    72%

    32If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.

  • Prov 10:10
    72%

    10He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorowe, & he that is foolish in talke, shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 17:4
    72%

    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • Prov 4:24
    72%

    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

  • Prov 29:9
    72%

    9If a wise man contend with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.