God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 10:32
32The lips of a righteous person announce good will, but the mouths of wicked people are devious.
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
30A righteous person will never be moved, but wicked people will not continue to live in the land. 31The mouth of a righteous person increases wisdom, but a devious tongue will be cut off. The lips of a righteous person announce good will, but the mouths of wicked people are devious.
Read all of Proverbs 10Proverbs 10:32 word by word
שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יֵדְע֣וּן רָצ֑וֹן וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 10:32
- Ecclesiastes 12:10The spokesman tried to find just the right words. He wrote the words of truth very carefully.
- Daniel 4:27“That is why, Your Majesty, my best advice is that you stop sinning, and do what is right. Stop committing the same errors, and have pity on the poor. Maybe you can prolong your prosperity.”
- Proverbs 11:11With the blessing of decent people a city is raised up, but by the words of wicked people, it is torn down.
- Proverbs 12:6The words of wicked people are a deadly ambush, but the words of decent people rescue.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongues of wise people give good expression to knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out a flood of stupidity.
- Proverbs 18:6By talking, a fool gets into an argument, 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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