Proverbs 14:3
Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.
Brenton Septuagint
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 walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured.
Cross References
Job 5:21He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.
Psalms 57:4Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.
Proverbs 13:3He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 22:8a + 22:8a See 2 Cor. 9. 7. Compare Heb.God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.
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 →