Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Berean Standard Bible
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 righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Ecclesiastes 12:10The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
Titus 2:8and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about 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 →