THEOSISProverbs 18:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
שִׂפְתֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל יָבֹ֣אֽוּ בְרִ֑יב וּ֝פִ֗יו לְֽמַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 27:3A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
- Prov 16:27The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
- Prov 16:28A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.
- Prov 22:24Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
- Prov 22:25Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
- Prov 14:16A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident.
- Prov 29:9If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry, or laugh, he shall find no rest.
- Prov 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the bodies of fools.