Proverbs 10:32
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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
In other translations
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
- Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
- Proverbs 11:11By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
- Proverbs 2:12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
- Ecclesiastes 12:10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- Proverbs 18:6-86 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 snare of his soul. 8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. 7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. 8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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