Proverbs 15:28
The mind of the just studieth obedience: the mouth of the wicked over floweth with evils.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then said the king: The one saith, My child is alive, and thy child is dead. And the other answereth: Nay, but thy child is dead, and mine liveth.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
Proverbs 29:11A fool uttereth all his mind: a wise man deferreth, and keepeth it till afterwards.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.
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 →