Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, || And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
In Context
31The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, || And the tongue of contrariness is cut out.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:12To deliver you from an evil way, || From any speaking contrary things,
Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked [are]: “Lay [in] wait for blood,” || And the mouth of the upright delivers them.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, || And the mouth of fools utters folly.
Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool enter into strife, || And his mouth calls for stripes.
Ecclesiastes 12:10The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and [that] written [by] the upright—words of truth.
Titus 2:8sound discourse [that is] blameless, so that he who is of the contrary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:32
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Matt. xii. 37 . 1. It is both the proof and the praise of a man's wisdom and goodness that he speaks wisely and well. A good man, in his discourse, brings forth wisdom for the benefit of others. God gives him wisdom as a reward… Read the whole commentary →