Proverbs 14:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

Cross References

Job 5:21

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

Psalm 12:3

The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

Psalm 31:18

Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

Proverbs 13:3

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 18:6

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

Proverbs 21:24

The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

Proverbs 22:8

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Proverbs 28:25

He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

Daniel 7:20

And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.

2 Peter 2:18

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

1 Samuel 2:3

Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.