Parallel Verses
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.
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 King James verseion
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall keep them.
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 Whoso feareth the LORD, walketh in the right path: and regardeth not him that abhorreth the ways of the LORD. 3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boasting of lordship; but the lips of the wise will beware of such. 4 Where no oxen are, there the crib is empty; but where the oxen labour there is much fruit.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:6
The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.
1 Samuel 2:3
Let go your great boasting of high things, let go out of your mouth that old byword: for the LORD is a God that knoweth all things, and judgeth the thoughts.
Job 5:21
He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.
Psalm 12:3
The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things,
Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.
Psalm 52:1-2
{To the Chanter, an exhortation of David when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul, and showed him, saying: David is come to the house of Abimelech} Thy boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant, that thou canst do mischief, whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily?
Psalm 57:4
I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle.
Proverbs 21:24
He that is proud and presumptuous, is called a scornful man, which in wrath dare work maliciously.
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth wickedness shall reap sorrow; and the rod of his plague shall destroy him.
Proverbs 28:25
He that is of a proud stomach, stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD, shall be well fed.
Daniel 7:20
I desired also to know the truth, as touching the ten horns that he had upon his head, and this other which came up afterward, before whose face there fell down three: which horn had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous things, and looked with a grimmer visage than his fellows.
Romans 10:9-10
For if thou shalt knowledge with thy mouth that Jesus is the Lord, and shalt believe with thine heart that God raised him up from death, thou shalt be safe.
James 3:5-6
even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth,
2 Peter 2:18
For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors.
Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the words of my patience, therefore I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which will come upon all the world, to tempt them that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation 12:11
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.
Revelation 15:5-6
And after that I looked, and behold the temple of the tabernacle of testimony was open in heaven,