Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
In Context
18He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Cross References
Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Proverbs 11:12He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbour: but a man of understanding holds his peace.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Ecclesiastes 10:13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
James 3:2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, (o. logos) the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:19
The Proper of the Use of the Tongue. 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. Observe here, Malice is folly and wickedness. 1. It is so when it is concealed by flattery and dissimulation: He is a fool, though he may think himself a politician, that hides hatred with lying lips, lest, if it break out, he should be ashamed before men and should lose the opportunity of gratifying his malice. Lying lips are bad enough of themselves, but have a peculiar malignity in them when… Read the whole commentary →