Proverbs 14:3

בְּֽפִי ־ אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָה וְשִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2הוֹלֵךְ בְּיָשְׁרוֹ יְרֵא יְהוָה וּנְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו בּוֹזֵֽהוּ ׃

4בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרָב ־ תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שֽׁוֹר ׃

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Cross References

Job 5:21בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא ־ תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא ׃

Psalms 31:18יְֽהוָה אַל ־ אֵבוֹשָׁה כִּי קְרָאתִיךָ יֵבֹשׁוּ רְשָׁעִים יִדְּמוּ לִשְׁאֽוֹל ׃

Psalms 57:4יִשְׁלַח מִשָּׁמַיִם ׀ וְֽיוֹשִׁיעֵנִי חֵרֵף שֹׁאֲפִי סֶלָה יִשְׁלַח אֱלֹהִים חַסְדּוֹ וַאֲמִתּֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 13:3נֹצֵר פִּיו שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ פֹּשֵׂק שְׂפָתָיו מְחִתָּה ־ לֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 18:7פִּֽי ־ כְסִיל מְחִתָּה ־ לוֹ וּשְׂפָתָיו מוֹקֵשׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃

Proverbs 22:8זוֹרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצור ־ אָוֶן וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ יִכְלֶֽה ׃

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 →

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