Proverbs 10:32
Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked people [MTY] are constantly saying things that are not true.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 2:12If you are wise [PRS], you will not do what evil people do, and you will not believe what deceitful people say.
Proverbs 12:6What wicked people say is like a trap [MET] that kills [MTY] people who pass by, but what righteous people say [MTY] rescues those whom wicked people threaten to harm.
Proverbs 15:2When wise people speak [MTY], it causes those who hear what they say to want to know more; foolish people continually say [MTY] what is foolish.
Proverbs 18:6When foolish people [SYN] start arguments, it is as though they [SYN] are requesting/inviting someone to flog/whip them.
Ecclesiastes 12:10I searched for the right words, and what I have written is reliable and true.
Titus 2:8teach what is correct and what no one can justly criticize. Do this in order that when the believers conduct their lives in a proper manner, anyone who opposes ◄ us/our message► will be disappointed because there will be nothing bad that they can justly say about us.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:32
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Matt. xii. 37 . 1. It is both the proof and the praise of a man's wisdom and goodness that he speaks wisely and well. A good man, in his discourse, brings forth wisdom for the benefit of others. God gives him wisdom as a reward… Read the whole commentary →