Graphic Bible · Scene 6 of 24

An older man speaks tensely beside a younger adult who turns his eyes down and away.
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Proverbs 18:6

Speech That Calls for Blows

The Power of Words and the Friend Who Stays · Proverbs 18

Story guide: A tense speaker leans close to a guarded listener before the view widens to an intervention short of contact.

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6A fool’s lips enter into strife, and his mouth calls for blows.

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