Proverbs 10:32 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Proverbs 10:32 Cross References

Proverbs 15:28

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

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood: But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 11:11

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

Proverbs 2:12

To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak froward things;

Ecclesiastes 12:10

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

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright: But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

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 us.

Daniel 4:27

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

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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

Proverbs 4:24

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

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a man of iniquity; He walketh with a froward mouth;