Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom. The tongue of the depraved will perish.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
30The just in eternity shall not be moved. But the impious will not live upon the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,
Psalms 120:3May he not allow your foot to be moved, and may he not slumber, who guards you.
Proverbs 10:13In the lips of the wise, wisdom is discovered. And a rod is for the back of one who lacks heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:30-31
29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary that this be inculcated upon us, so loth are we to believe and consider it. 1. Strength and stability are entailed upon integrity: The way of the Lord (the providence of God, the… Read the whole commentary →