Proverbs 10:31
פִּֽי ־ צַדִּיק יָנוּב חָכְמָה וּלְשׁוֹן תַּהְפֻּכוֹת תִּכָּרֵֽת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
30צַדִּיק לְעוֹלָם בַּל ־ יִמּוֹט וּרְשָׁעִים לֹא יִשְׁכְּנוּ ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
32שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק יֵדְעוּן רָצוֹן וּפִי רְשָׁעִים תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת ׃
Cross References
Psalms 12:4יַכְרֵת יְהוָה כָּל ־ שִׂפְתֵי חֲלָקוֹת לָשׁוֹן מְדַבֶּרֶת גְּדֹלֽוֹת ׃
Psalms 37:30פִּֽי ־ צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה חָכְמָה וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תְּדַבֵּר מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
Psalms 120:3מַה ־ יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה ־ יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה ׃
Proverbs 10:13בְּשִׂפְתֵי נָבוֹן תִּמָּצֵא חָכְמָה וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו חֲסַר ־ לֵֽב ׃
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 →