Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous drops wisdom: but the tongue of the unjust shall perish.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
30The righteous shall never fail: but the ungodly shall not dwell in the earth.
32The lips of just men drop grace: but the mouth of the ungodly is perverse.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Psalms 120:3Let not thy foot be moved; and let not thy keeper slumber.
Proverbs 10:13He that brings forth wisdom from his lips smites the + 10:13 Lit. heartless man, Hebraism.fool with a rod.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:30-31
29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. These two verses are to the same purport with those next before, intimating the happiness of the godly and the misery of the wicked; it is necessary that this be inculcated upon us, so loth are we to believe and consider it. 1. Strength and stability are entailed upon integrity: The way of the Lord (the providence of God, the… Read the whole commentary →