Proverbs 18:6

His mouth calleth for strokes, which he provokes by his insolence and quarrelsomeness.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liabl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lips. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is spoken by them. mouth. See above note. Illustrations: Judges 8:4-17 . 2Ki 2:23...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stroke...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and oppo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Pro...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 pa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. Ver. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention.] See Trapp on " Pro 18:5 "...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the sna...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A fool's lips enter into contention; a fool by his rash and wicked speeches provoketh others to quarrel with him, and, as it follows, to strike him...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Words Of The Wise Are A Wellspring Of Wisdom, But A Fool's Words Result In Misery For Him, And Finally Bring About His Ruin ( Proverbs 18:3-7 )....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:6 . Calleth for . Stuart understands this in the sense of “ to deserve .” Proverbs 18:8 . Wounds . The word so tr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but t...
The Biblical Illustrator

A fool’s lips enter into contention. The speech of a splenetic fool How frequently Solomon speaks of the fool! and the fool in his idea was not...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 6. A fool's lips enter into contention, bring on a quarrel, and his mouth calleth for strokes, he challenges and provokes the punishment which...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:16 ; Proverbs 13:10 ; Proverbs 14:16 ; Proverbs 14:3 ; Proverbs 16:27 ; Proverbs 16:28 ; Proverbs 17:14 ; Proverbs 19:19 ; Prove...

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:6