Proverbs 18:6 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 18 · verse 6

A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.Proverbs 18:6 · King James Version

Proverbs 18:6 in context

4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Solomon has often shown what mischief bad men do to others with their ungoverned tongues; here he shows what mischief they do to themselves. 1.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-7