The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wickedspeaketh perverseness.
WEB
The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
YLT
The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
DBT
The lips of a righteous [man] know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.