Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
Majority Standard Bible
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 will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
32The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
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 →