A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.
A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
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 strokes.
A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the "fool's" temper. First, "contention," then "strokes" or blows, then "destruction," and last, "wounds."