Proverbs 10:32

English Standard Version 2016

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 12:6

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

Proverbs 11:11

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

Proverbs 2:12

delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,

Ecclesiastes 12:10

The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,