Proverbs 10:10

The Passion Translation

The troublemaker always has a clever plan and won’t look you in the eye, but the one who speaks correction honestly can be trusted to make peace.

Cross References

Psalm 35:19

Don’t let those who fight me for no reason be victorious. Don’t let them succeed, these heartless haters who come against me with their gloating sneers.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men don’t divulge all that they know, but chattering fools blurt out words that bring them to the brink of ruin.

Proverbs 10:8

The heart of the wise will easily accept instruction. But those who do all the talking are too busy to listen and learn. They’ll just keep stumbling ahead into the mess they created.

Proverbs 16:30

It’s easy to tell when a wicked man is hatching some crooked scheme— it’s written all over his face. His looks betray him as he gives birth to his sin.

Proverbs 18:21

Your words are so powerful that they will kill or give life, and the talkative person will reap the consequences.

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will address what he’s doing—spreading his malicious slander against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome our brothers, and he stands in the way of those who want to receive them and show them hospitality by throwing them out of the church!