Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shall never be moved: but the wicked shall not dwell on the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom : and his tongue shall speak judgment.
Psalms 120:3For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways.
Proverbs 10:13In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.
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 →