Proverbs 14:3
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Berean Standard Bible
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 who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
Cross References
Job 5:21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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 →