Proverbs 10:19
In a multitude of words transgression cannot be avoided; but he that refraineth his lips is intelligent.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
In Context
Cross References
Job 11:2Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?
Proverbs 11:12He that despiseth his neighbor is void of sense; but a man of understanding maintaineth silence.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth [his] knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth [their] folly.
Ecclesiastes 5:1(4:17) Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
Ecclesiastes 10:13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the last that cometh out of his mouth is evil-bringing madness.
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 →