Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to them!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
4Without cattle, the crib is clean, but, much increase, is in the strength of the ox.
Cross References
Job 5:21During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh;
Psalms 31:18Let false lips be made dumb,—which are speaking—against a righteous one—arrogantly, with pride and contempt.
Psalms 57:4My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.
Proverbs 13:3He that watcheth his mouth, guardeth his soul, He that openeth wide his lips, [it shall be] his ruin.
Proverbs 18:7The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
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 →