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Proverbs 10:32

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

KJV

Labia justi considerant placita, et os impiorum perversa.

Vulgate

χείλη ἀνδρῶν δικαίων ἀποστάζει χάριτας, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀποστρέφεται.

LXX

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wickedspeaketh perverseness.

ASV

שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יֵדְע֣וּ/ן רָצ֑וֹן וּ/פִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 53×
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
noun · 177×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת
thpkvt
noun · 10×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 12:13 — And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
  • Luke 4:22 — And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
  • Matt 15:18 — But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
  • Prov 2:12 — To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
  • Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 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 — The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 15:28 — The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.