King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 18:6
“A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 18
4
The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
5
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
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A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
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The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
