Proverbs 10:32 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

  • Proverbs 10:1–32Through the whole of the Proverbs, we are to look for somewhat beyond the first sense the passage may imply, and this we shall find to be Christ. He is the...

Parallel Passages

  • Ecclesiastes 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Ecclesiastes 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
  • Proverbs 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
  • Proverbs 11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
  • Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • The lips שִׂפְתֵי śiptê שָׂפָה Noun · feminine dual construct
  • of the righteous צַדִּיק ṣaddîq צַדִּיק Adjective · masculine singular
  • know יֵדְעוּן yēdĕʿûn יָדַע Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
  • what is acceptable רָצוֹן rāṣôn רָצוֹן Noun · masculine singular
  • but the mouth וּפִי ûpî פֶּה Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
  • of the wicked רְשָׁעִים rĕšāʿîm רָשָׁע Adjective · masculine plural
  • frowardness תַּהְפֻּכוֹת tahpukôt תַּהְפֻּכָה Noun · feminine plural

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