Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
In Context
27He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live.
29The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23Then said the king, The one says, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead: and the other says, Nay; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverseness.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
Proverbs 29:11A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with your mouth, and let not yours heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:28
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. Note, 1. Those that are covetous entail trouble upon their families: He that is greedy of gain, and therefore makes himself a slave to the world, rises up early, sits up late, and eats the bread of carefulness, in pursuit of it—he that hurries, and puts himself and all about him upon the stretch, in business, frets and vexes at every loss and disappointment, and quarrels with every body that stands in the way of his… Read the whole commentary →