New Revised Standard Version
A fool’s lips bring strife, and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.

Contemporary English Version
Foolish talk will get you into a lot of trouble.

New American Bible
The lips of fools walk into a fight, and their mouths are asking for a beating.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.

The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.

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Proverbs 12:16 A fool immediately sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth injuries is wise.

Proverbs 13:10 Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.

Proverbs 14:16 A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident.

Proverbs 16:27,28 The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire. . . .

Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: and before he suffereth reproach, he forsaketh judgment.

Proverbs 20:3 It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

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Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Proverbs 19:19 He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and when he shall take away, he shall add another thing.

Proverbs 22:24-25 Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man: . . .

Proverbs 25:24 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry, or laugh, he shall find no rest.