those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Proverbs 10:31 - English Standard Version 2016 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: But the froward tongue shall be cut out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The mouths of the righteous (those harmonious with God) bring forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down [like a barren and rotten tree]. American Standard Version (1901) The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off. Common English Bible The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off. Catholic Public Domain Version The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom. The tongue of the depraved will perish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish. |
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.