Proverbs 10:32
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
- KJV
- The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
- WEB
- The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
- ASV
- The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] perverseness.
- DARBY
- The lips of a righteous [man] know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.
- BLB
- The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, and the mouth of the wicked ones, perversity.
- ÅB
- Den rettferdiges lepper forstår hva der er til behag, men de ugudeliges munn er bare falskhet.
[^1]:de. en veileder til lykke og velsignelse. - OTB
- De rettferdiges lepper vet hva som er gunstig, men de ondes munn vet bare hva som er perverst.
- B1930
- Den rettferdiges leber forstår hvad der er til behag, men de ugudeliges munn er bare falskhet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 11:11
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Read in contextProverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Read in contextProverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Read in contextProverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Read in contextProverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Read in contextProverbs 18:6–8
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Read in contextProverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:10
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
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