Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous, beareth the fruit of wisdom, but, a perverse tongue, shall be cut off.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 12:4Them who say—With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master?
Psalms 37:30The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
Psalms 120:3What shall be given to thee, and what shall be added to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Proverbs 10:13In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.
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 →