Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
BSB
ASV
A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
KJV
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.” Pro 18:8 Wounds - The word so rendered occurs here and in Pro 26:22 only. Others render it “dainties,” and take the verse to describe the avidity with which people swallow in tales of scandal. They find their way to the innermost recesses of man’s nature.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 12:16A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
leads to
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Through
Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
leads to
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
