Proverbs 14:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:6

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

Revelation 12:11

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

2 Peter 2:18

For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

Daniel 7:20

and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and concerning the other horn that came up and before which three others had fallen—the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly and that seemed greater than the others.

Proverbs 28:25

The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

Proverbs 22:8

Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.

Proverbs 21:24

The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer, acts with arrogant pride.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips bring strife, and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.

Psalm 57:4

I lie down among lions that greedily devour human prey; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

Job 5:21

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance come from your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.