Proverbs 15:28
The mind of the just meditates on obedience. The mouth of the impious overflows with evils.
Catholic Public Domain 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
29The Lord is distant from the impious. And he will heed the prayers of the just.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then said the king: “This one says, ‘My son is alive, and your son is dead.’ And the other responds, ‘No, instead your son is dead, but mine lives.’”
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the just consider what is acceptable. And the mouth of the impious considers perversities.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness.
Proverbs 29:11A foolish one offers everything on his mind. A wise one reserves and defers until later.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found.
Ecclesiastes 10:12Words from the mouth of a wise man are graceful, but the lips of a foolish man will throw him down with violence.
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 →