Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut off.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
In Context
30The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Cross References
Psalms 12:4Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment.
Psalms 120:3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Proverbs 10:13In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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 →