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Spreuken 18:6

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Spreuken 18:6 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 18:6

A fool's lips enter into contention
That is, between others, when he has nothing to do with it; but he must be meddling, and make himself a party in the contention, which is an argument of his folly; he says things which occasion disputes, raise contentions among men, and provoke to wrath and anger. The Septuagint version is, "the lips of a fool lead him to evils": for, as they lead him to contention and strife, the issue of that is confusion and every evil work; and his mouth calleth for strokes:
as he stirs up and encourages contention, so he proceeds to blows, and excites others to them; from words he goes to blows, and, by the ill and provoking language of his mouth, gets many a blow to himself. Jarchi seems to understand it of chastisement, from the hand of God; see ( Proverbs 26:3 ) .

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Spreuken 18:6 In-Context

4 De woorden van den mond eens mans zijn diepe wateren; en de springader der wijsheid is een uitstortende beek.
5 Het is niet goed, het aangezicht des goddelozen aan te nemen, om den rechtvaardige in het gericht te buigen.
6 De lippen des zots komen in twist, en zijn mond roept naar slagen.
7 De mond des zots is hemzelven een verstoring, en zijn lippen een strik zijner ziel.
8 De woorden des oorblazers zijn als dergenen, die geslagen zijn, en die dalen in het binnenste des buiks.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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