Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the mouth of the wicked, powreth out euil things.
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- 1 Peter 3:15Rank 1 from verse 28
15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
15But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts, & be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and ‖feare:
- Ecclesiastes 5:2Rank 2 from verse 28
2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
2‖*Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to vtter any thing before God: for God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- Proverbs 29:11Rank 3 from verse 28
- James 3:6–8Rank 4 from verse 28
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquitie: so is the tongue amongst our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
7For euery †kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of †mankind.
8But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euill, ful of deadly poyson.
- Proverbs 16:23Rank 5 from verse 28
- Proverbs 15:2Rank 6 from verse 28
- Ecclesiastes 10:12–14Rank 7 from verse 28
12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
12*†The words of a wise mans mouth are gratious: but the lips of a foole will swallow vp himselfe.
13†The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishnesse: and the end of his talke is mischieuous madnesse.
14*†*A foole also is full of words; a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall bee after him who can tell him?
- Ecclesiastes 5:6Rank 8 from verse 28
6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sinne, neither say thou before the Angel, that it was an errour: wherefore should God be angrie at thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?
- Matthew 12:34Rank 9 from verse 28
- Proverbs 10:19Rank 10 from verse 28
- Proverbs 29:20Rank 11 from verse 28
- Proverbs 13:16Rank 12 from verse 28
- 1 Kings 3:23–28Rank 13 from verse 28
23Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
26Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
23Then said the King, The one saith, This is my sonne, that liueth, and thy sonne is the dead: and the other saith Nay: but thy sonne is the dead, and my sonne is the liuing.
24And the King said, Bring mee a sword. And they brought a sword before the king:
25And the king said, Diuide the liuing childe in two, and giue halfe to the one, and halfe to the other.
26Then spake the woman whose the liuing childe was, vnto the king, (for her bowels †yerned vpon her sonne) and she said, O my lord, giue her the liuing childe, and in no wise slay it: But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but diuide it.
27Then the King answered and said, Giue her the liuing child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28And all Israel heard of the Iudgement which the king had iudged, and they feared the King: for they saw that the wisedome of God was †in him, to doe Iudgement.
- Titus 1:10–11Rank 14 from verse 28
10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
10For there are many vnruly and vaine talkers and deceiuers, specially they of the circumcision:
11Whose mouthes must be stopped, who subuert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
- 2 Peter 2:18Rank 15 from verse 28
18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
18For when they speake great svelling words of vanitie, they alure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonnesse, those that were ‖cleane escaped from them who liue in errour.
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Proverbs 15:28
Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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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
Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
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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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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
27Hee that is greedy of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth gifts, shall liue.
28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
28The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the mouth of the wicked, powreth out euil things.
Selected passage29The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
29*The LORD is farre from the wicked: but hee heareth the prayer of the righteous.