Proverbs 10:31
Out of the mouth of the righteous person comes the fruit of wisdom, 1 but the perverse tongue will be cut out. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
30The righteous person will never be overthrown, 1 but the wicked will not remain in the land. 1
Cross References
Psalms 12:4These are those who have said, “With our tongues will we prevail. 1 When our lips speak, who can be master over us?” 1
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous person speaks wisdom 1 and increases justice. 1
Psalms 120:3How will he punish you, and what more will he do to you, 1 you who have a lying tongue? 1
Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of a discerning person, 1 but a rod is for the back of the one who has no sense. 1
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 →