Proverbs 10:32 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³² The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: But the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous know [and therefore utter] what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows [and therefore speaks only] what is obstinately willful and contrary.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness.

Common English Bible

³² The lips of the wise know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows only what is perverse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² The lips of the just consider what is acceptable. And the mouth of the impious considers perversities.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³² The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.

Proverbs 10:32 Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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 15:2

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Proverbs 2:12

to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Proverbs 6:12

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Titus 2:8

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.