Proverbs 10:32
“The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,.... To God and man; what is well pleasing to, God, and what ministers…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Know - i. e., “Know, and therefore utter.” So, in like manner, the “mouth of the wicked” knows, and therefore speaks…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 10:31-32
Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Mat 12:37. 1. It is…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
speaketh] So R.V. text: "is," R.V. marg. Others supply the verb "knoweth" from the first clause, as in Pro 10:10.
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