You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
Proverbs 14:3 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the lips of the wise preserve them. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: But the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the fool's own mouth is a rod [to shame] his pride, but the wise men's lips preserve them. American Standard Version (1901) In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Common English Bible Pride sprouts in the mouth of a fool, but the lips of the wise protect them. Catholic Public Domain Version In the mouth of the foolish, there is a rod of arrogance. But the lips of the wise guard them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them. |
You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
I lie down among lions that greedily devour human prey; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.
Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
The proud, haughty person, named “Scoffer,” acts with arrogant pride.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
The greedy person stirs up strife, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and concerning the other horn, which came up and to make room for which three of them fell out—the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, and that seemed greater than the others.
For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with licentious desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.
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.
Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
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.