Sprueche 18:6

6 Die Lippen des Toren geraten in Streit, und sein Mund ruft nach Schlägen.

Sprueche 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 ) .

Sprueche 18:6 In-Context

4 Die Worte aus dem Munde eines Mannes sind tiefe Wasser, ein sprudelnder Bach, ein Born der Weisheit.

5 Es ist nicht gut, die Person des Gesetzlosen anzusehen, um den Gerechten zu beugen im Gericht.

6 Die Lippen des Toren geraten in Streit, und sein Mund ruft nach Schlägen.

7 Der Mund des Toren wird ihm zum Untergang, und seine Lippen sind der Fallstrick seiner Seele.

8 Die Worte des Ohrenbläsers sind wie Leckerbissen, und sie dringen hinab in das Innerste des Leibes.