Cross references

Proverbs 14:3

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back,

but the lips of the wise protect them.

Proverbs 14:3 BSB

Proverbs 14:3 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 12:6 (8 votes) and James 3:5–6 (5 votes). 4 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from 1 Samuel 2 to Revelation 15.

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Which verses does Proverbs 14:3 point to?

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  1. The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

  2. In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

  3. They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.

  4. that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

  5. Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

  6. Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

  7. Job 5:212 votes

    You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

  8. Psalm 12:32 votes

    May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

  9. For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  10. Psalm 57:42 votes

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Which verses point to Proverbs 14:3?

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