Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 shall neuer be remooued: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4Which haue saide, With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
Psalms 120:3What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
Proverbs 10:13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.
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 →