Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
World Messianic Bible
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
27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
29The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
Proverbs 29:11A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
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 →