Devine Scripture

Proverbs 14:3

Proverbs chapter 14 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod forhispride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod forhispride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Context

v.2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

v.3This passage

v.4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 10:9

    because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

  • Daniel 7:20

    and 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 spake great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.

  • Job 5:21

    Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

  • 2 Peter 2:18

    For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

  • Proverbs 12:6

    The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

  • 1 Samuel 2:3

    Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.