Proverbs 14:3
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
גָּאוֹן
gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
נָצַר
nâtsar
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָצַר nâtsar
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Study H5341 →גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Study H1347 →מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
And 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 s...
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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