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Proverbs 14:3

WEB

3The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

KJV

3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

BSB

3The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

FBV

3What stupid people say punishes their pride, but what wise people say will protect them.


Extra References

Proverbs 12:6

6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.


James 3:5-6

5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! 6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.


Revelation 12:11

11They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.


Revelation 3:10

10Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.


Romans 10:9-10

9that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation.


Proverbs 28:25

25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.


Daniel 7:20

20and concerning the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, whose look was more stout than its fellows.


Psalms 12:3

3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,


Job 5:21

21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.


1 Samuel 2:3

3“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.