Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous meditates to answer, || And the mouth of the wicked utters evil things.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
In Context
27A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, || And whoever is hating gifts lives.
29YHWH [is] far from the wicked, || And He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23And the king says, “This [one] says, This [is] my son, the living, and your son [is] the dead; and that [one] says, No, but your son [is] the dead, and my son the living.”
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, || And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, || And the mouth of fools utters folly.
Proverbs 29:11A fool brings out all his mind, || And the wise restrains it until afterward.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not cause your mouth to hurry, and do not let your heart hurry to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and you on the earth, therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 10:12Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, || And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:28
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. Note, 1. Those that are covetous entail trouble upon their families: He that is greedy of gain, and therefore makes himself a slave to the world, rises up early, sits up late, and eats the bread of carefulness, in pursuit of it—he that hurries, and puts himself and all about him upon the stretch, in business, frets and vexes at every loss and disappointment, and quarrels with every body that stands in the way of his… Read the whole commentary →