Proverbs 10:32 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³²The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Proverbs 10:32 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Proverbs 11:11
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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Speaking Wicked (people)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 31-32)

Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Matt. 12:37. 1. It is both the proof and the praise of a man’s wisdom and goodness that he speaks wisely and well. A good man, in his discourse, brings forth wisdom for the benefit of others. God gives him wisdom as a reward of his righteousness (Eccl. 2:26), and he, in gratitude for that gift and jus…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 32)

32. know--regard and provide for (Psa 1:6). frowardness--all kinds of deceit and ill-nature. The word is plural.