By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted;\par\tab But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:32 - American Standard Version 2015 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable;\par\tab But the mouth of the wicked {\i speaketh} perverseness.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: But the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous know [and therefore utter] what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows [and therefore speaks only] what is obstinately willful and contrary. American Standard Version (1901) The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness. Common English Bible The lips of the wise know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows only what is perverse. Catholic Public Domain Version The lips of the just consider what is acceptable. And the mouth of the impious considers perversities. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things. |
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted;\par\tab But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;\par\tab But the tongue of the wise is health.
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood;\par\tab But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright;\par\tab But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer;\par\tab But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
To deliver thee from the way of evil,\par\tab From the men that speak perverse things;
Put away from thee a wayward mouth,\par\tab And perverse lips put far from thee.
A worthless person, a man of iniquity,\par\tab Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, {\i even} words of truth.\par
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.\par
sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.