Verse 28

The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes. Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you,
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.
  • Prov 16:23 : 23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.
  • Prov 29:11 : 11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.
  • Prov 29:20 : 20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.
  • Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe. 13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse. 14 A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they that are of ye circumcision, 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell. 7 All the natures of beastes, & of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man: 8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,
  • 1 Kgs 3:23-28 : 23 Then sayde the king: The one sayth, this that is alyue is my sonne, and the dead is thyne: And the other sayth, nay: but thy sonne is the dead, and the liuing childe is myne. 24 And the king sayde: Bring me a sworde. And they brought out a sworde before the king. 25 And the king sayde: Deuide the liuing child in two, and geue the one halfe to the one, aud the other to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the liuing childe was, vnto the king (for her bowelles yerned vpon her sonne) and sayde: I besech thee my lorde geue her the liuing childe, and in no wyse slay it: But the other sayde, Let it be neither myne nor thyne, but deuide it. 27 Then the king aunswered and sayde: Geue her the liuing childe, and slay it not, for she is the mother therof. 28 And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged, and feared the king: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.
  • Prov 13:16 : 16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.