The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the fraudulent tongue shall be cut out.
The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the fraudulent tongue shall be cut out.
The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut off.
The froward tongue shall be cut out - This probably alludes to the punishment of cutting out the tongue for blasphemy, treasonable speeches, profane swearing, or such like. The tunge of schrewis schal perishen. - Old MS. Bible. Were the tongue of every shrew or scold to be extracted, we should soon have much less noise in the world.
Bringeth forth ... - As a tree full of life and sap brings forth its fruit. So the "froward tongue" is like a tree that brings forth evil and not good fruit; it "shall be cut down." The abuse of God's gift of speech will lead ultimately to its forfeiture. There shall, at last, be the silence of shame and confusion.