Proverbs 15:28
The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
In Context
27He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live.
29LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then the king said, The one says, This is my son that lives, and thy son is the dead. And the other says, No, but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked [is] perverseness.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.
Proverbs 29:11A fool utters all his anger, but a wise man keeps it back and calms it.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:28
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. Note, 1. Those that are covetous entail trouble upon their families: He that is greedy of gain, and therefore makes himself a slave to the world, rises up early, sits up late, and eats the bread of carefulness, in pursuit of it—he that hurries, and puts himself and all about him upon the stretch, in business, frets and vexes at every loss and disappointment, and quarrels with every body that stands in the way of his… Read the whole commentary →