Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

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The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

BSB

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

KJV

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

ASV

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

BBE

The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 28

A good man is proved to be a wise man by this; he governs his tongue well.

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