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Selected Verse: Proverbs 14:3 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 14:3 Strong Concordance In the mouth [06310] of the foolish [0191] is a rod [02415] of pride [01346]: but the lips [08193] of the wise [02450] shall preserve [08104] them.
  King James In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
rod of pride--that is, the punishment of pride, which they evince by their words. The words of the wise procure good to them.
 
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4 And the woman [0802] took [03947] the two [08147] men [0582], and hid [06845] them, and said [0559] thus, There came [0935] men [0582] unto me, but I wist [03045] not whence [0370] they were:
12 He divideth [07280] the sea [03220] with his power [03581], and by his understanding [08394] [08394] he smiteth [04272] through the proud [07293].
23 But they obeyed [08085] not, neither inclined [05186] their ear [0241], but made their neck [06203] stiff [07185], that they might not hear [08085], nor receive [03947] instruction [04148].
25 Withhold [04513] thy foot [07272] from being unshod [03182], and thy throat [01627] from thirst [06773]: but thou saidst [0559], There is no hope [02976]: no; for I have loved [0157] strangers [02114], and after [0310] them will I go [03212].
26 And they judged [08199] the people [05971] at all seasons [06256]: the hard [07186] causes [01697] they brought [0935] unto Moses [04872], but every small [06996] matter [01697] [01992] they judged [08199] themselves.
8 Then said [0559] Boaz [01162] unto Ruth [07327], Hearest [08085] thou not, my daughter [01323]? Go [03212] not to glean [03950] in another [0312] field [07704], neither go [05674] from hence, but abide [01692] here fast by my maidens [05291]:
26 And they judged [08199] the people [05971] at all seasons [06256]: the hard [07186] causes [01697] they brought [0935] unto Moses [04872], but every small [06996] matter [01697] [01992] they judged [08199] themselves.
22 When thou goest [01980], it shall lead [05148] thee; when thou sleepest [07901], it shall keep [08104] thee; and when thou awakest [06974], it shall talk [07878] with thee.
19 He that goeth about [01980] as a talebearer [07400] revealeth [01540] secrets [05475]: therefore meddle [06148] not with him that flattereth [06601] with his lips [08193].
3 He that keepeth [05341] his mouth [06310] keepeth [08104] his life [05315]: but he that openeth wide [06589] his lips [08193] shall have destruction [04288].
6 The words [01697] of the wicked [07563] are to lie in wait [0693] for blood [01818]: but the mouth [06310] of the upright [03477] shall deliver [05337] them.
16 And [2532] he had [2192] in [1722] his [846] right [1188] hand [5495] seven [2033] stars [792]: and [2532] out of [1537] his [846] mouth [4750] went [1607] a sharp [3691] twoedged [1366] sword [4501]: and [2532] his [846] countenance [3799] was as [5613] the sun [2246] shineth [5316] in [1722] his [846] strength [1411].
7 Canst thou fill [04390] his skin [05785] with barbed irons [07905]? or his head [07218] with fish [01709] spears [06767]?
30 The fruit [06529] of the righteous [06662] is a tree [06086] of life [02416]; and he that winneth [03947] souls [05315] is wise [02450].
1 And there shall come forth [03318] a rod [02415] out of the stem [01503] of Jesse [03448], and a Branch [05342] shall grow [06509] out of his roots [08328]:
1 And there shall come forth [03318] a rod [02415] out of the stem [01503] of Jesse [03448], and a Branch [05342] shall grow [06509] out of his roots [08328]: