Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Updated King James Version
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
2He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Cross References
Job 5:21You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 13:3He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 18:7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 22:8He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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 →