Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
In Context
4Where no oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much encrease commeth by the toyle of the oxe.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:3He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.
Proverbs 18:7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:3
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord : but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. Here are, 1. Grace and sin in their true colours. Grace reigning is a reverence of God, and gives honour to him who is infinitely great and high, and to whom all honour is due, than which what is more becoming or should be more pleasing to the rational creature? Sin reigning is no less than a contempt of God. In this, more than in any thing, sin appears exceedingly sinful, that it despises God, whom angels… Read the whole commentary →