Proverbs 15:28

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

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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

KJV · King James Version

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

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

heart: Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 16:23; 1 Kings 3:23–28; Ecclesiastes 5:2, 6; 1 Peter 3:15
the mouth: Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 29:11, 20; Ecclesiastes 10:12–14; Matthew 12:34; Titus 1:10, 11; James 3:6–8; 2 Peter 2:18