Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.
29The Lord is farre off from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
Proverbs 29:11A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.
Ecclesiastes 5:2For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.
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 →