Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall keep them.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Holman Bible
but the lips of the wise protect them.
International Standard Version
What a fool says brings a rod to his back, but the words of the wise protect them.
A Conservative Version
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
American Standard Version
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Amplified
In the mouth of the [arrogant]
But the lips of the wise [when they speak with godly wisdom] will protect them.
Bible in Basic English
In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
Darby Translation
In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Julia Smith Translation
In the month of the foolish one a rod of pride: and the lips of the wise shall watch them.
King James 2000
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In the mouth of the foolish is the boasting of lordship; but the lips of the wise will beware of such.
NET Bible
In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.
New Heart English Bible
The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
The Emphasized Bible
In the mouth of the foolish, is a haughty rod, but, as for the lips of the wise, thou shalt give heed to them!
Webster
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
World English Bible
The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Youngs Literal Translation
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
2 He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him. 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall keep them. 4 Where no cattle are, the stall is clean, but much gain is by the strength of the ox.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
1 Samuel 2:3
Talk no more so very proudly. Remove arrogance out of your mouth, for Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.
Job 5:21
You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.
Psalm 12:3
Jehovah shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks proud things,
Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; the lips which speak proudly against the righteous, with pride and scorn.
Psalm 52:1-2
To the Chief Musician. A contemplation. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David has come to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you boast yourself in evil, O mighty man? The mercy of God endures forever.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips enter into argument, and his mouth calls for strokes.
Proverbs 21:24
Proud, haughty scorner is his name, he who deals in proud wrath.
Proverbs 22:8
He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Proverbs 28:25
He who is of a proud heart stirs up fighting; but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
Daniel 7:20
and of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking very great things, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.
Romans 10:9-10
Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
James 3:5-6
Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold how little a fire kindles how large a forest!
2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they lure through the lusts of the flesh, by unbridled lust, the ones who were escaping from those who live in error;
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation which will come upon all the habitable world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony. And they did not love their soul until death.
Revelation 15:5-6
And after these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony was opened in Heaven.