3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! …
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3)See here, 1. A proud fool exposing himself. Where there is pride in the heart, and no wisdom in the head to suppress it, it commonly shows itself in the words: In the mouth there is pride , proud boasting, proud censuring, proud scorning, proud commanding and giving law; this is the rod , or branch, of pride ; the word is used only here and Isa. 11:1. It grows from that root of bitterness which is…
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