Proverbs 14:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ In the fool's own mouth is a rod [to shame] his pride, but the wise men's lips preserve them.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Common English Bible

³ Pride sprouts in the mouth of a fool, but the lips of the wise protect them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ In the mouth of the foolish, there is a rod of arrogance. But the lips of the wise guard them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Proverbs 14:3 Cross References

Job 5:21

You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Psalm 57:4

I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

Proverbs 21:24

“Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

Proverbs 28:25

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Daniel 7:20

and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up and before which three of them fell, the horn which had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and which seemed greater than its fellows.

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering loud boasts of folly, they entice with licentious passions of the flesh men who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

Revelation 12:11

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.