Proverbs 10:31 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³¹ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: But the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ The mouths of the righteous (those harmonious with God) bring forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down [like a barren and rotten tree].

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

Common English Bible

³¹ The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom. The tongue of the depraved will perish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.

Proverbs 10:31 Cross References

Psalm 12:4

who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Psalm 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Proverbs 17:20

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Proverbs 31:26

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.