⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

¹⁶ A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.

³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

²⁴ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

²⁴ Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

²⁵ Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

³ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver `him', thou must do it yet again.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is `as' when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

²⁷ A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

²⁸ A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

³ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for `his' pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

¹⁰ By pride cometh only contention; But with the well-advised is wisdom.

⁹ If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.