A moment in scripture
Proverbs 18:6
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A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
- Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.