Proverbs 15:28
The lev tzaddik studieth how to answer, 1 but the peh (mouth) of the resha'im poureth out evil things. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
29Hashem is far from the resha'im, 1 but He heareth the tefillah of the tzaddikim. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then said HaMelech, The one saith, This is beni (my son) hachai (the living [one]), and thy ben is hamet (the dead [one]); and the other saith, Lo; but the ben of yours is hamet, and beni is hachai.
Proverbs 10:32The sfatayim (lips) of the tzaddik know what is ratzon (acceptable), 1 but the peh (mouth) of the resha'im speaketh tahpukhot (perversity).
Proverbs 15:2The lashon of chachamim useth da'as aright, 1 but the peh (mouth) of kesilim (fools) poureth out folly. 1
Proverbs 29:11A kesil (fool) uttereth all his wrath, 1 but a chacham keepeth it back quietly. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:2As by a multitude of cares cometh a chalom, so by a multitude of devarim cometh the kol kesil (the voice of the fool).
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a chachamʼs mouth are chen (gracious); 1 but the lips of a kesil will swallow up himself. 1
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 →