Proverbs 10:32

Geneva Bible (1560)

The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 12:10 : 10 The Preacher sought to finde out pleasant wordes, and an vpright writing, euen the wordes of trueth.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 (4:24) Wherefore, O King, let my counsell be acceptable vnto thee, and breake off thy sinnes by righteousnes, and thine iniquities by mercy toward the poore: lo, let there be an healing of thine errour.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of.
  • Prov 2:12 : 12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
  • Prov 11:11 : 11 By the blessing of the righteous, the citie is exalted: but it is subuerted by the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.
  • Prov 18:6-8 : 6 A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes. 7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule. 8 The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
  • Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

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