Proverbs 14:3

Modern English Version

From the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Cross References

Job 5:21

You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and you will not fear violence when it comes.

Psalm 12:3

The Lord will cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak insolently with pride and contempt against the righteous.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright will deliver them.

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the trough is clean, but great is the harvest by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 18:6

The lips of a fool enter into contention, and his mouth calls for a beating.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his undoing; his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 21:24

A proud and haughty man—“Scoffer” is his name, who acts with insolent pride.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath will disappear.

Proverbs 28:25

He who is greedy stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Daniel 7:20

and of the ten horns that were in its head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell, even of that horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastful words, whose look was more stout than its fellows.

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak arrogant words of vanity, they entice by the lusts of the flesh and by depravity those who barely escaped from those who live in error.

Revelation 12:11

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept My word of patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation which shall come upon the entire world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not multiply proud speech, nor let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him actions are examined.