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Proverbs 10:32
32The lips of the godly speak helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse words.
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 godly will never be disturbed, but the wicked will be removed from the land. 31The mouth of the godly person gives wise advice, but the tongue that deceives will be cut off. The lips of the godly speak helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse words.
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 Teacher sought to find just the right words to express truths clearly.
- Daniel 4:27“‘King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.’
- Proverbs 11:11Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart.
- Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush, but the words of the godly save lives.
- Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out foolishness.
- Proverbs 18:6Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for 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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