Proverbs 14:3
A rod of pride [is] in the mouth of a fool, || And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
In Context
4Without oxen a stall [is] clean, || And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
Cross References
Job 5:21When the tongue scourges you are hid, || And you are not afraid of destruction, || When it comes.
Psalms 31:18Let lips of falsehood become mute, || That are speaking against the righteous, || Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
Psalms 57:4My soul [is] in the midst of lions, || I lie down [among] flames—sons of men, || Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, || And their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 13:3Whoever is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, || Whoever is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, || And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 22:8Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, || And the rod of his anger wears out.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:3
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord : but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. Here are, 1. Grace and sin in their true colours. Grace reigning is a reverence of God, and gives honour to him who is infinitely great and high, and to whom all honour is due, than which what is more becoming or should be more pleasing to the rational creature? Sin reigning is no less than a contempt of God. In this, more than in any thing, sin appears exceedingly sinful, that it despises God, whom angels… Read the whole commentary →