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


In Context

1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

2 He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

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

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

5 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Proverbs 14:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:3A fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:3In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.