Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the just consider what is acceptable. And the mouth of the impious considers perversities.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
In Context
31The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom. The tongue of the depraved will perish.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:12so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,
Proverbs 12:6The words of the impious lie in wait for blood. The mouth of the just shall free them.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of the foolish meddle in disputes. And his mouth provokes conflicts.
Ecclesiastes 12:10He sought useful words, and he wrote most righteous words, which were full of truth.
Titus 2:8with sound words, irreproachably, so that he who is an opponent may dread that he has nothing evil to say about us.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:32
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Matt. xii. 37 . 1. It is both the proof and the praise of a man's wisdom and goodness that he speaks wisely and well. A good man, in his discourse, brings forth wisdom for the benefit of others. God gives him wisdom as a reward… Read the whole commentary →