Proverbs 15:28
Righteous/Good people think carefully before they answer what others ask them; wicked people very quickly say what is evil.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’”
Proverbs 10:32Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked people [MTY] are constantly saying things that are not true.
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 29:11People who are wise are patient and restrain/control themselves when they are angry, but foolish people ◄quickly show others that they are very angry/do not restrain themselves at all►.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Think carefully before you speak [MTY] or before you promise God that you will do something [IDM]. Do not forget that God is in heaven and he is all-powerful and you are here on the earth, so think carefully before you make any promises to God.
Ecclesiastes 10:12Wise people say [MTY] what is sensible, and because of that, people honor them; but foolish people are destroyed by what they say [MTY].
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 →