Proverbs 10:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 dumb; Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgement.

Psalm 63:11

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

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him that hath discernment 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 the law of kindness is on her tongue.