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Proverbs 10:32
32The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Proverbs 10:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
- New International Version (NIV)The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.
Context of Proverbs 10:32
30The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land. 31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:32 word by word
שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יֵדְע֣וּן רָצ֑וֹן וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:32
- Ecclesiastes 12:10The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Proverbs 11:11By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
- Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Commentaries on Proverbs 10:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable - And what they believe to be most pleasing and most profitable, that they speak, but the wicked man knows as well what is perverse, and that he speaketh forth. As the love of God is not in his heart, so the law of kindness is not on his lips.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Know - i. e., “Know, and therefore utter.” So, in like manner, the “mouth of the wicked” knows, and therefore speaks frowardness, and that only.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-32Verses 31-32 A good man discourses wisely for the benefit of others. But it is the sin, and will be the ruin of a wicked man, that he speaks what is displeasing to God, and provoking to those he converses with. The righteous is kept by the power of God; and nothing shall be able to separate him from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. know--regard and provide for (Psa 1:6). frowardness--all kinds of deceit and ill-nature. The word is plural.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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