"A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes."
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A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A fool's lips come into strife, And his mouth invites beatings.
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.