Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is the rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise preserue them.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Job 5:21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth.
Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.
Psalms 57:4My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
Proverbs 13:3Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him.
Proverbs 18:7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
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 →