Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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
2He that walketh in the right way, and feareth God, is despised by him that goeth by an infamous way.
Cross References
Job 5:21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
Psalms 57:4The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.
Proverbs 13:3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
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 →