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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,{HR}And his mouth calleth for blows. (Prov. 18:6)
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Prov. 21:24• 24A proud [and] arrogant one, scorner [is] his name,{HR}Dealeth in haughtiness of pride. (Prov. 21:24)
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Prov. 22:8• 8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap vanity;{HR}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;{HR}But he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat. (Prov. 28:25)
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1 Sam. 2:3• 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly;{HR}Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth:{HR}For Jehovah is a God of knowledge,{HR}And by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)
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Job 5:21• 21In the scourge of the tongue thou art hidden,{HR}And fearest not destruction when it cometh; (Job 5:21)
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Psa. 12:3• 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,{HR}[The] tongue speaking great things. (Psa. 12:3)
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Psa. 31:18• 18The lips of falsehood shall be dumb,{HR}Which speak against the righteous one insolently, with 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 went in, and told Saul and said to him, David went to the house of Ahimelech.{HR}Why boastest thou thyself in evil, mighty man?{HR}The mercy of God [is] all the day.
 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs,{HR}As a sharp razor, working deceit. (Psa. 52:1‑2)
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Psa. 57:4• 4My soul [is] in the midst of lions;{HR}I will lie down with those on fire, the sons of men,{HR}Their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psa. 57:4)
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Dan. 7:20• 20And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. (Dan. 7:20)
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James 3:5‑6• 5So also the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. See how large a wood how little a fire kindleth!
 6And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna. (James 3:5‑6)
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2 Peter 2:18• 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error, (2 Peter 2:18)
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Rev. 15:5‑6• 5And after these things I saw, and there was opened the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in the heaven;
 6and the seven angels that had the seven plagues came [out of the temple], clad in pure bright linen, and girt round about their 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,{HR}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 [the] Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God raised him out of [the] dead, thou shalt be saved.
 10For with the heart belief is unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is unto 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 from the hour of trial that is about to come on all the habitable world, to try those that dwell on the earth. (Rev. 3:10)
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Rev. 12:11• 11And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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In the fool’s mouth [is] a rod of pride;{HR}But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.