Proverbs 14:3

New American Bible - revised edition

In the mouth of the fool is a rod for pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Cross References

Job 5:21

From the scourge of the tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not fear approaching ruin.

Psalm 12:3

They tell lies to one another, speak with deceiving lips and a double heart.

Psalm 31:18

Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, Lord. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.

Psalm 57:4

May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. Selah

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright saves them.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve themselves; those who open wide their lips bring ruin.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean; but abundant crops come through the strength of the bull.

Proverbs 18:6

The lips of fools walk into a fight, and their mouths are asking for a beating.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin; their lips are a deadly snare.

Proverbs 21:24

Proud, boastful—scoffer is the name: those who act with overbearing pride.

Proverbs 22:8

Those who sow iniquity reap calamity, and the rod used in anger will fail.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

Daniel 7:20

and about the ten horns on its head, and the other one that sprang up, before which three horns fell; and about the horn with the eyes and the mouth that spoke arrogantly, which appeared greater than its fellows.

2 Peter 2:18

For, talking empty bombast, they seduce with licentious desires of the flesh those who have barely escaped from people who live in error.

Revelation 12:11

They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; love for life did not deter them from death.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my message of endurance, I will keep you safe in the time of trial that is going to come to the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

1 Samuel 2:3

Speak boastfully no longer, Do not let arrogance issue from your mouths. For an all-knowing God is the Lord, a God who weighs actions.