Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
In Context
Cross References
Job 5:21He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.
Psalms 31:18\31:17\Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
Psalms 57:4\57:3\He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
Proverbs 13:3He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
Proverbs 22:8By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:3
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord : but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. Here are, 1. Grace and sin in their true colours. Grace reigning is a reverence of God, and gives honour to him who is infinitely great and high, and to whom all honour is due, than which what is more becoming or should be more pleasing to the rational creature? Sin reigning is no less than a contempt of God. In this, more than in any thing, sin appears exceedingly sinful, that it despises God, whom angels… Read the whole commentary →