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Psalms 37:30

The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Speaking;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mouth of the Righteous;   Silence-Speech;   The Topic Concordance - Righteousness;   Speech/communication;   Stumbling/slipping;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Salvation;   Tongue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Estate;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mutter;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 14;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;his tongue speaks what is just.
Hebrew Names Version
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
King James Version
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
English Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
New Century Version
Good people speak with wisdom, and they say what is fair.
New English Translation
The godly speak wise words and promote justice.
Amplified Bible
The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice and truth.
New American Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.
World English Bible
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
Legacy Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,And his tongue speaks justice.
Berean Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Contemporary English Version
Words of wisdom come when good people speak for justice.
Complete Jewish Bible
The mouth of the righteous articulates wisdom, his tongue speaks justice.
Darby Translation
The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;
Easy-to-Read Version
Those who do what is right give good advice. Their decisions are always fair.
George Lamsa Translation
The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.
Good News Translation
The words of good people are wise, and they are always fair.
Lexham English Bible
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Literal Translation
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks judgment.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer.
American Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice.
King James Version (1611)
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisedome; and his tongue talketh of iudgement.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment.
English Revised Version
The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The mouth of a iust man schal bithenke wisdom; and his tunge schal speke doom.
Update Bible Version
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.
Webster's Bible Translation
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
New King James Version
The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice.
New Living Translation
The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong.
New Life Bible
The mouth of the man who is right with God speaks wisdom. And his tongue speaks what is fair and right.
New Revised Standard
The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak justice.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-30) The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.
Revised Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Young's Literal Translation
The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
THE MESSAGE
Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.

Contextual Overview

21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others. 22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way. 24 Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him. 25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread. 26 All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing. 27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever. 28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off. 29 The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever. 30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 71:15, Psalms 71:24, Deuteronomy 6:7-9, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 10:31, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 25:11-13, Proverbs 27:9, Matthew 12:35, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:6

Reciprocal: Joshua 1:8 - book Job 6:10 - have not concealed Job 33:3 - my lips Psalms 34:21 - Evil Psalms 40:8 - yea Psalms 119:13 - I declared Psalms 119:172 - tongue Proverbs 10:11 - mouth of a Proverbs 15:26 - but Proverbs 16:23 - heart Ecclesiastes 10:12 - words Song of Solomon 4:3 - lips Malachi 2:6 - law Luke 6:45 - good man Romans 6:13 - and your

Cross-References

Genesis 37:20
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
Genesis 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.
Genesis 37:36
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 42:13
Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
Genesis 42:32
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.
Jeremiah 31:15
So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom,.... Or "meditateth wisdom" a; that is, utters the wisdom he has been meditating upon; see Psalms 69:3; he meditates and speaks of the wisdom of God, which appears in the works of creation, providence, and grace; and of Christ, who is wisdom itself, and the wisdom of God essentially; and who, as Mediator, has the spirit of wisdom resting on him, the treasures of wisdom hid in him, and is made wisdom to his people: and righteous men meditate upon and speak of the glories of his person, the fulness of his grace, and the works of his hands; as also of the Gospel, which is the wisdom of God, mysterious, hidden, ancient wisdom, ordained before the world for their glory; and likewise of that internal wisdom, and experience of divine grace, the Lord has made them to know in the hidden part; which lies in the knowledge of themselves, and in a spiritual, experimental, and saving knowledge of Christ, and the way of salvation by him; and his mouth delivers out wise sayings, and useful instructions, fetched out of the word of God, and founded on experience and observation;

and his tongue talketh of judgment; of the judgment which the righteous God ordinarily ministers in a providential way; and of his extraordinary and awful judgments, which have been or are in the earth; these he takes notice of for his own use, and observes them to others for their instruction; and also of the last judgment, the judgment to come, which he speaks of as sure and certain, as universal and inevitable, and at which he must appear before God: and he talks of judgment or righteousness; that is, of the righteousness of Christ; he makes mention of this only as his justifying righteousness before God; he rejoices and glories in it, and desires to be found in it living and dying, and at judgment; and whatsoever things are honest, just, pure, and of good report, he thinks and speaks of them, and instructs his family, his children and servants, in them, that they may do them; see

Genesis 18:19.

a יהגה μελετησει, Sept. "meditabitur", V. L. so Musculus: Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom - That is, It is a characteristic of the righteous to speak “wise things;” not to utter folly. His conversation is serious, earnest, true, pure; and his words are faithful, kind, and just. This, as a part of human conduct, is one of the reasons why God will bless him with prosperity and length of days.

And his tongue talketh of judgment - That is, of just or righteous things. See Matthew 12:35.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:30. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom — Foolish and corrupt conversation cannot come out of their mouth. They are taught of God, and they speak according to the wisdom that is from above.


 
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