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Proverbs 10:32
32Righteous people say kind things. But wicked people say things that hurt others.
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
30Righteous people will always have a safe place to live. But wicked people will not continue to live in the land. 31Righteous people speak wise words. But those who speak evil things will lose their tongues! Righteous people say kind things. But wicked people say things that hurt others.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:32 word by word
שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יֵדְע֣וּן רָצ֑וֹן וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 10:32
- Ecclesiastes 12:10The Teacher tried to find the right words, so that he could show the true meaning of what he wrote.
- Daniel 4:27So King Nebuchadnezzar, please do as I suggest. Stop doing bad things. Start to do things that are right. Turn away from your sins. Instead, be kind to poor people. Then, perhaps, you will continue to be comfortable and happy.’
- Proverbs 11:11A city becomes great when honest men bring God's blessing to it. But when wicked people give bad advice, they will destroy the city.
- Proverbs 12:6The words of wicked people are like a trap that will kill good people. But the words of honest people will save people's lives.
- Proverbs 15:2When wise people speak, they show that knowledge is good. But when fools speak, they only say foolish things.
- Proverbs 18:6When a fool speaks, he starts an argument. He is asking for someone to beat him with a stick.
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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