Proverbs 10:31
What good people say produces wisdom, but liars will have their tongues cut out.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
30The good will never be removed from the land, but the wicked will not remain there.
32Good people know the right thing to say, but the wicked always lie.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4these people who say, “We will succeed through what we say; our mouths belong to us. We don't take orders from anyone!”
Psalms 37:30People who do right give good advice, explaining what is fair.
Psalms 120:3What will the Lord do to you, you liars? How will he punish you?
Proverbs 10:13Wisdom comes from people with good judgment, but stupid people are punished 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 →