Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
In Context
31The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Ecclesiastes 12:10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
Titus 2:8and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to 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 →