Proverbs 14:3
In the peh (mouth) of the fool is a rod of ga'avah (pride), 1 but the sfatayim (lips) of the chachamim shall be shomer over them and preserve them. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Job 5:21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the leshon, 1 neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 1
Psalms 31:18Let me not be put to shame, Hashem; 1 for I have called upon Thee; 1 let the resha'im be put to shame, 1 and let them keep silent in Sheol. 1
Psalms 57:4He shall send from Shomayim, 1 and save me from the disgrace of him that would swallow me up. 1 Selah 1 Elohim shall send forth His chesed (lovingkindness) and His emes (truth). 1
Proverbs 13:3He that is shomer over his peh (mouth) guards his nefesh, 1 but he that openeth wide his sfatayim (lips) shall have ruin. 1
Proverbs 18:7The peh (mouth) of a kesil is his undoing, 1 and his sfatayim (lips) are the mokesh (snare) of his nefesh. 1
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap aven (iniquity), 1 and the shevet (rod) of his wrath shall disappear. 1
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 →