Verse 6

¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:16 : 16 ¶ A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
• Prov 13:10 : 10 ¶ Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
• Prov 14:3 : 3 ¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Prov 16:27-28 : 27 ¶ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire. 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
• Prov 17:14 : 14 ¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
• Prov 19:19 : 19 ¶ A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
• Prov 19:29 : 29 ¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
• Prov 20:3 : 3 ¶ [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
• Prov 22:24-25 : 24 ¶ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
• Prov 25:24 : 24 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
• Prov 27:3 : 3 ¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
• Prov 29:9 : 9 ¶ [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.