Proverbs 10:19
If you talk too much, you'll say something wrong. Be wise and take care what you say.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
In Context
18Anyone who hides their hatred is lying, and anyone who spreads slander is stupid.
20What good people say is like the best silver, but the mind of the wicked isn't worth much.
Cross References
Job 11:2“So many words should be answered, shouldn't they? Or is a person proved right by doing a lot of talking?
Proverbs 11:12People who run down their neighbors have no sense; someone who's sensible keeps quiet.
Proverbs 12:23If you're sensible, you don't show off your knowledge, but stupid people announce their stupidity.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Be careful when you go into God's house. It's better to listen and respond rather than offer meaningless sacrifices. People who do that don't even know they are doing wrong.
Ecclesiastes 10:13Fools begin by saying foolish things, and end up talking evil nonsense.
James 3:2All of us make mistakes in many ways. Anyone who doesn't make mistakes in what they say is truly a good person who can keep the whole body under control.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:19
The Proper of the Use of the Tongue. 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. Observe here, Malice is folly and wickedness. 1. It is so when it is concealed by flattery and dissimulation: He is a fool, though he may think himself a politician, that hides hatred with lying lips, lest, if it break out, he should be ashamed before men and should lose the opportunity of gratifying his malice. Lying lips are bad enough of themselves, but have a peculiar malignity in them when… Read the whole commentary →