Proverbs 10:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

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  • Eccl 12:10 : 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.
  • Prov 2:12 : 12 To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;
  • Prov 11:11 : 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
  • Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
  • Prov 18:6-8 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 8 The words of a talebearer are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
  • Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

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