Proverbs 15:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and reuerence,
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
  • Prov 16:23 : 23 The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.
  • Prov 29:11 : 11 A foole powreth out all his minde: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.
  • Prov 29:20 : 20 Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 (5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.
  • Eccl 5:6 : 6 (5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?
  • Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe. 13 The beginning of the wordes of his mouth is foolishnesse, and the latter ende of his mouth is wicked madnesse. 14 For the foole multiplieth woordes, saying, Man knoweth not what shall be: and who can tell him what shall be after him?
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many disobedient & vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision, 11 Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For the whole nature of beasts, & of birds, and of creeping things, and things of the sea is tamed, and hath bene tamed of the nature of man. 8 But the tongue can no man tame. It is an vnruly euill, full of deadly poyson.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For in speaking swelling wordes of vanitie, they beguile with wantonnesse through the lusts of the flesh them that were cleane escaped from them which are wrapped in errour,
  • 1 Kgs 3:23-28 : 23 Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne. 24 Then the King said, Bring me a sworde: & they brought out a sworde before the King. 25 And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, & giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other. 26 Then spake the woman, whose the liuing child was, vnto the King, for her compassion was kindled toward her sonne, and she sayde, Oh my lorde, giue her the liuing childe, & slay him not: but the other sayde, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but deuide it. 27 Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother. 28 And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.
  • Prov 13:16 : 16 Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 37:30
    80%

    30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    79%

    31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.

  • Prov 10:11
    79%

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 10:20
    77%

    20The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.

  • Prov 15:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

    2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.

  • Prov 12:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.

    6The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.

  • Prov 15:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.

    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 15:29
    75%

    29The Lord is farre off from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  • Prov 16:23
    74%

    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Prov 17:4
    74%

    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 19:28
    74%

    28A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, & the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.

  • Prov 10:6
    74%

    6Blessings are vpon the head of the righteous: but iniquitie shall couer the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 29:7
    74%

    7The righteous knoweth the cause of the poore: but the wicked regardeth not knowledge.

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • Prov 15:14
    73%

    14The heart of him that hath vnderstanding, seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of the foole is fedde with foolishnes.

  • Matt 12:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

    35A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good things: & an euill man out of an euill treasure, bringeth forth euill things.

  • Prov 11:23
    73%

    23The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

  • Luke 6:45
    72%

    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

  • Prov 8:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.

    7For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.

  • Prov 17:20
    72%

    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 16:1
    72%

    1The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.

  • Prov 12:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth fruite.

    13The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

  • Prov 16:30
    71%

    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 37:21
    71%

    21The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

  • Prov 16:13
    71%

    13Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.

  • Prov 13:5
    71%

    5A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

  • Prov 13:25
    71%

    25The righteous eateth to the contentation of his minde: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.

  • Ps 36:3
    71%

    3The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

  • Prov 28:28
    71%

    28When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.

  • Matt 15:18
    71%

    18But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man.

  • Prov 21:26
    71%

    26He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.

  • Prov 16:27
    71%

    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

  • Prov 12:21
    71%

    21There shal none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill.

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

  • Prov 12:17
    71%

    17He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite.

  • Prov 25:26
    71%

    26A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is like a troubled well, & a corrupt spring.