Parallel Verses New International Version The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. King James Bible The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. Darby Bible Translation The lips of a righteous [man] know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness. World English Bible The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. Young's Literal Translation The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness! Proverbs 10:32 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe lips of the righteous know what is acceptable - And what they believe to be most pleasing and most profitable, that they speak, but the wicked man knows as well what is perverse, and that he speaketh forth. As the love of God is not in his heart, so the law of kindness is not on his lips. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge know but Proverbs 18:6-8 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes... frowardness Library The Two-Fold Aspect of the Divine Working'The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.'--PROVERBS x. 29. You observe that the words 'shall be,' in the last clause, are a supplement. They are quite unnecessary, and in fact they rather hinder the sense. They destroy the completeness of the antithesis between the two halves of the verse. If you leave them out, and suppose that the 'way of the Lord' is what is spoken of in both clauses, you get a far deeper and fuller meaning. 'The way … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Sanctions of Moral Law, Natural and Governmental. How the Simple and the Crafty are to be Admonished. Letter xv (Circa A. D. 1129) to Alvisus, Abbot of Anchin Cross References Proverbs 2:12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse, Proverbs 4:24 Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Proverbs 6:12 A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. Ecclesiastes 10:12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. Ecclesiastes 12:10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. Jump to Previous Acceptable Evil-Doers Fitting Forth Frowardness Lips Mouth Mouths Perverse Perverseness Perverted Pleasing Righteous Speaketh Twisted Upright WickedJump to Next Acceptable Evil-Doers Fitting Forth Frowardness Lips Mouth Mouths Perverse Perverseness Perverted Pleasing Righteous Speaketh Twisted Upright WickedLinks Proverbs 10:32 NIVProverbs 10:32 NLT Proverbs 10:32 ESV Proverbs 10:32 NASB Proverbs 10:32 KJV Proverbs 10:32 Bible Apps Proverbs 10:32 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 10:32 Chinese Bible Proverbs 10:32 French Bible Proverbs 10:32 German Bible Proverbs 10:32 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |