Proverbs 14:3

A fool's proud speech invites punishment, but the wise are protected by their words. Speech can wound the speaker or guard him.

Cross-references · 18

• Prov 12:6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
• Jas 3:5–6So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
• Rev 12:11They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
• Rom 10:9–10that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
• Rev 3:10Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
• 2 Pet 2:18For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
• Ps 52:1–2For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.” Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
• Prov 22:8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
• Job 5:21You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
• Prov 21:24The proud and haughty man, “scoffer” is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
• Prov 28:25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
• Dan 7:20and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
• Prov 18:6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
• 1 Sam 2:3“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
• Ps 12:3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
• Ps 57:4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Rev 15:5–6After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
• Ps 31:18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

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