Proverbs 14:3
From the mouth of a fool comes an offshoot of his pride, 1 but the lips of the wise will preserve them. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
In Context
2The one who walks uprightly fears Yahweh, 1 but the one who is dishonest in his ways despises him. 1
Cross References
Job 5:21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; 1 and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes. 1
Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced 1 that speak against the righteous defiantly 1 with arrogance and contempt. 1
Psalms 57:4My life is among lions; 1 I am among those who are ready to devour me. 1 I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows, 1 and whose tongues are sharp swords. 1
Proverbs 13:3The one who guards his mouth protects his life, 1 but the one who opens wide his lips will ruin himself. 1
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is his ruin 1 and he ensnares himself with his lips. 1
Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap trouble 1 and the rod of his fury will fade away. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:3
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord : but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. Here are, 1. Grace and sin in their true colours. Grace reigning is a reverence of God, and gives honour to him who is infinitely great and high, and to whom all honour is due, than which what is more becoming or should be more pleasing to the rational creature? Sin reigning is no less than a contempt of God. In this, more than in any thing, sin appears exceedingly sinful, that it despises God, whom angels… Read the whole commentary →