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Proverbs 18:6

Proverbs 18:6 is verse 6 of Proverbs chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

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

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

Proverbs 18:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

5 Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Proverbs 13:10
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Proverbs 17:14
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

Proverbs 14:3
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

Proverbs 19:19
A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.

Proverbs 22:24
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

Proverbs 22:25
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.