Proverbs 10:31
Righteous people [MTY] say things that are wise, but God will shut the mouths of people [MTY] who say what is not true.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 12:4They say, “By telling lies we will get what we want; we control what we say [MTY], so no one can tell us what we should not do!”
Psalms 37:30Righteous people give wise advice to others, and they [MTY] say what is just/fair.
Psalms 120:3You people who lie to me, I will tell you [RHQ] what God will do to you and what he will do to punish you.
Proverbs 10:13Those who have good sense say [MTY] what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished.
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 →