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Proverbs 10:31

The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 10:31

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Bringeth forth; as a tree produces fruit, and the fields yield their increase. The metaphor is common. Thus Isaiah () speaks of "the fruit of the lips" (comp. and , which latter passage occurs in the same connection as the present).

The Septuagint renders, "distilleth wisdom." So So , "His lips are like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh." The froward tongue (, : , which speaks only what is perverse and evil).

Shall be cut out; like a corrupt tree that cumbers the ground (; ). The abuse of God's great gift of speech shall be severely punished. "For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned" (, ).

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