Proverbs 18:6
The lips of a fool meddle themselves with chidings; and his mouth stirreth strives. (A fool’s lips mix, or mingle, themselves in with arguments; and his mouth stirreth up strife.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
In Context
7The mouth of a fool is [the] defouling of him; and his lips be the falling of his soul.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:16A fool showeth anon his ire; but he that dissembleth wrongs, is wise. (A fool showeth his anger at once; but he who overlooketh wrongs, is wise.)
Proverbs 14:3The rod of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lips of wise men keep them (or but the lips of the wise keep them safe).
Proverbs 16:27An unwise man diggeth evil; and fire burneth in his lips. (The unwise person diggeth up evil; and fire burneth on his lips.)
Proverbs 17:14He that letteth (out) water, is the head of strives, ( or of arguments); and before that he suffereth wrong, he forsaketh doom (or he deserteth judgement).
Proverbs 19:29Dooms be made ready to scorners; and hammers smiting be made ready to the bodies of fools. (Justice, or judgement, is prepared for mockers; and striking hammers be prepared for the bodies of fools.)
Proverbs 22:24Do not thou be (a) friend to a wrathful man, neither go thou with a wrathful man;
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 →