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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In the mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of the foolish
'eviyl (Hebrew #191)
(figuratively) silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Pronounce: ev-eel'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
is a rod
choter (Hebrew #2415)
a twig
KJV usage: rod.
Pronounce: kho'-ter
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain signification
of pride
ga`avah (Hebrew #1346)
arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
KJV usage: excellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling.
Pronounce: gah-av-aw'
Origin: from 1342
: but the lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
shall preserve
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
them.

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Ministry on This Verse

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the mouth.
Prov. 18:6• 6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes. (Prov. 18:6)
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Prov. 21:24• 24Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath. (Prov. 21:24)
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Prov. 22:8• 8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end. (Prov. 22:8)
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Prov. 28:25• 25He that is puffed up in soul exciteth contention; but he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat. (Prov. 28:25)
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1 Sam. 2:3• 3Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a *God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)
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Job 5:21• 21Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh. (Job 5:21)
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Psa. 12:3• 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things, (Psa. 12:3)
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Psa. 31:18• 18Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. (Psa. 31:18)
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Psa. 52:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of *God abideth continually.
 2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit. (Psa. 52:1‑2)
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Psa. 57:4• 4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psa. 57:4)
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Dan. 7:20• 20and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows. (Dan. 7:20)
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James 3:5‑6• 5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell. (James 3:5‑6)
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2 Peter 2:18• 18For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error, (2 Peter 2:18)
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Rev. 15:5‑6• 5And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of witness in the heaven was opened;
 6and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in pure bright linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles. (Rev. 15:5‑6)
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Prov. 12:6• 6The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. (Prov. 12:6)
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Rom. 10:9‑10• 9that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from among the dead, thou shalt be saved.
 10For with the heart is believed to righteousness; and with the mouth confession made to salvation. (Rom. 10:9‑10)
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Rev. 3:10• 10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, *I* also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Rev. 3:10)
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Rev. 12:11• 11and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death. (Rev. 12:11)
• Out of his own mouth the fool, by his vain boasting, condemns himself; but the words of the wise declare the state of their hearts. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In the fool’s mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.