⁶ A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.

³ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

²⁴ Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a ^(A)furious man do not go,
²⁵ Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

^27 [a]An ungodly man digs up evil,
And it is on his lips like a burning ^(A)fire.
²⁸ A perverse man sows strife,
And ^(B)a whisperer separates the best of friends.

⁹ If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
^(A)Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

^24 (A)It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

^3 (A)It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
^(A)And beatings for the backs of fools.

¹⁹ A man of great wrath will suffer punishment;
For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like releasing water;
Therefore ^(A)stop contention before a quarrel starts.