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Proverbs 18:6 Interlinear

“lips A fool's enter into contention and his mouth for strokes calleth”

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Proverbs 18 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שִׂפְתֵ֣י	H8193	lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
2	כְ֭סִיל	H3684	A fool's	properly, fat, i.e., (figuratively) stupid or silly
3	יָבֹ֣אֽוּ	H935	enter	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
4	בְרִ֑יב	H7379	into contention	a contest (personal or legal)
5	וּ֝פִ֗יו	H6310	and his mouth	the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
6	לְֽמַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת	H4112	for strokes	a blow
7	יִקְרָֽא׃	H7121	calleth	to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

Proverbs 18:6 (current)lips A fool's enter into contention and his mouth for strokes calleth