Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
†The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardnesse.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. frowardnesses.
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6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
6A fooles lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7*A fooles mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soule.
8*‖‖†The words of a tale bearer are as wounds, and they goe downe into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Daniel 4:27Rank 9 from verse 32
27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
27‖Wherefore, O King, let my counsell be acceptable vnto thee, and breake off thy sinnes by righteousnesse, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poore; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillitie.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12Rank 10 from verse 32
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Proverbs 10:32
Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.
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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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acceptable
Pleasing, welcome, favourable, or fit to be received or approved.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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Speaks; expresses or communicates words or meaning.
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frowardness
Perverseness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
31The mouth of the iust bringeth foorth wisedome: but the froward tongue shalbe cut out.
32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
32†The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardnesse.
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