Proverbs 18:6
"A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes."
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- Proverbs 27:3
"A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 22:24
"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:27
"An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:9
"If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:3
"It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 14:3
"In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 13:10
"Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 19:19
"A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:14
"The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 25:24
"It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house."
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