Verse 32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 12:10 : 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and [that which was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth.
• Dan 4:27 : 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Titus 2:8 : 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
• Prov 2:12 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward 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 shall deliver them.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
• Prov 15:2 : 2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
• Prov 15:28 : 28 ¶ The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
• Prov 18:6-8 : 6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul. 8 ¶ The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
• Eccl 10:12 : 12 ¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.