Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the just uttereth wisdom; but the tongue of perverseness shall be cut out.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
30The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4(12:5) Who have said, With our tongue will we be mighty; our lips are with us; who is Lord over us!
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh what is just.
Psalms 120:3What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?
Proverbs 10:13On the lips of the man of understanding there is found wisdom: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of sense.
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 →