Proverbs 18:6
A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
In Context
5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.
Proverbs 14:3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
Proverbs 16:27An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
Proverbs 19:29Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.
Proverbs 22:24Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man, and walke not with the furious:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:6
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. This justly condemns those who, being employed in the administration of justice, pervert judgment, 1. By conniving at men's crimes, and protecting and countenancing them in oppression and violence, because of their dignity, or wealth, or some personal kindness they have for them. Whatever excuses men may make for it, certainly it is not good thus to accept the person of the wicked; it is an offence to God, an affront to… Read the whole commentary →