Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
In Context
31The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:12That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
Ecclesiastes 12:10He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
Titus 2:8The sound word that can not be blamed: that he who is on the contrary part may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:32
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Matt. xii. 37 . 1. It is both the proof and the praise of a man's wisdom and goodness that he speaks wisely and well. A good man, in his discourse, brings forth wisdom for the benefit of others. God gives him wisdom as a reward… Read the whole commentary →