Proverbs 14:3

The yerde of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem.

Bible (Wycliffe)

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

2A man goynge in riytful weie, and dredinge God, is dispisid of hym, that goith in a weie of yuel fame.

4Where oxis ben not, the cratche is void; but where ful many cornes apperen, there the strengthe of oxe is opyn.

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Cross References

Job 5:21Thou schalt be hid fro the scourge of tunge, and thou schalt not drede myseiste, `ethir wretchidnesse, whanne it cometh.

Psalms 57:4Synneris weren maad aliens fro the wombe; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei spaken false thingis.

Proverbs 13:3He that kepith his mouth, kepith his soule; but he that is vnwar to speke, schal feel yuels.

Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.

Proverbs 22:8He that sowith wickidnes, schal repe yuels; and the yerde of his yre schal be endid.

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