the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Proverbios 10:31
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- HolmanParallel Translations
La boca del justo emite sabiduría, pero la lengua perversa será cortada.
La boca del justo producirá sabiduría; mas la lengua perversa será cortada.
La boca del justo producirá sabiduría; mas la lengua perversa será cortada.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
mouth: Proverbs 10:11, Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 10:21, Psalms 37:30
the froward: Psalms 31:18, Psalms 63:11, Psalms 120:3, Psalms 120:4
Reciprocal: Proverbs 8:13 - the froward Proverbs 17:20 - and he Proverbs 18:21 - Death Ecclesiastes 10:12 - words Ephesians 4:29 - that which James 1:26 - bridleth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom,.... As the earth brings forth its increase, and a tree brings forth its fruit; hence speech is called the fruit of the lips; wisdom is good fruit; a good man is comparable to the fruitful earth, and to a good tree; whose mouth brings forth wise things in abundance, which are very pleasant and profitable; not worldly wisdom, much less devilish; not merely natural wisdom, but spiritual and evangelical; see Psalms 37:30;
but the froward tongue shall be cut out; or "cut down" z; as an unprofitable tree, which brings forth nothing but perverse things; things contrary to God and good men, to truth and right reason, to the light of nature, the law of God, and Gospel of Christ. Such "a tongue of perversities" a, as it may be rendered, that brings forth blasphemies against God, his tabernacle and his saints, as the tongue of antichrist does, deserves to be cut out, as the tongue of a blasphemer.
z תכרת "succidetur", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus. a לשון תהפכות "lingua perversitatum", Montanus, Junius & Tremeilius, Gejerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Bringeth forth ... - As a tree full of life and sap brings forth its fruit. So the “froward tongue†is like a tree that brings forth evil and not good fruit; it “shall be cut down.†The abuse of God’s gift of speech will lead ultimately to its forfeiture. There shall, at last, be the silence of shame and confusion.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 10:31. The froward tongue shall be cut out. — This probably alludes to the punishment of cutting out the tongue for blasphemy, treasonable speeches, profane swearing, or such like. The tunge of schrewis schal perishen. - Old MS. Bible. Were the tongue of every shrew or scold to be extracted, we should soon have much less noise in the world.
