משלי 15:28

Hebrew Modern Translation

לב צדיק יהגה לענות ופי רשעים יביע רעות׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
צדיק יהגה לענות ופי רשעים יביע רעות

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
לֵ֣ב צַ֭דִּיק יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לַעֲנֹ֑ות וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יַבִּ֥יעַ רָעֹֽות ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
לֵב צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה לַעֲנוֹת וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יַבִּיעַ רָעֹֽות ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heart: Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 16:23, 1 Kings 3:23-28, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Ecclesiastes 5:6, 1 Peter 3:15

the mouth: Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 29:11, Proverbs 29:20, Ecclesiastes 10:12-14, Matthew 12:34, Titus 1:10, Titus 1:11, James 3:6-8, 2 Peter 2:18

Reciprocal: Psalms 109:2 - the mouth Proverbs 10:32 - but Proverbs 14:33 - General Proverbs 16:22 - the instruction Proverbs 17:27 - spareth Matthew 12:35 - good man Matthew 15:18 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer,.... He thinks before he speaks, meditates what he shall say, what answer to give to men; whether in things civil, natural, or religious; and what to return to the Lord when he is reproved by him; or what to say in prayer to him, or by way of thankfulness for mercies received from him; see Proverbs 3:6; though our Lord advises his disciples, when summoned before their persecutors, not to meditate beforehand what they should answer, since they should have immediate assistance, Luke 21:14; but this was in extraordinary cases; in common ones the observation of the wise man should be attended to. A Jewish u writer renders the words, "the heart of the righteous meditates wormwood", or bitter things; see Proverbs 5:4; as the judgment of God, death, and hell; this sense is mentioned by Aben Ezra, but rejected;

but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things; without any previous thought and consideration, without fear or wit; in great abundance, as water out of a fountain; thus an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil things readily and at once, having no concern about the consequences of things, Matthew 12:25;

Matthew 12:25- :.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Contrast the “studying” of the wise before he answers and the hasty babbling of the foolish. The teaching of our Lord Matthew 10:19 presents us with a different and higher precept, resting upon different conditions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 15:28. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer — His tongue never runs before his wit, he never speaks rashly, and never unadvisedly; because he studies-ponders, his thoughts and his words.