Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.
Young's Literal Translation
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
27A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.
29Far [is] Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:23And the king saith, 'This [one] saith, This [is] my son, the living, and thy son [is] the dead; and that [one] saith, Nay, but thy son [is] the dead, and my son the living.'
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
Proverbs 29:11A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 10:12Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
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 →