Proverbs 10:32 (BSB)

The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

From Proverbs 10. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 10:32

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 10:31-32: Here, as before, men are judged of, and, accordingly, are justified or condemned, by their words, Mat 12:37. 1. It is both the proof and the praise of a man's wisdom and goodness that he speaks wisely and well. A good man, in his discourse, brings forth wisdom for the benefit of others.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 10:32: The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,.... To God and man; what is well pleasing to, God, and what ministers grace to the hearers, or what is grateful: and such things they will deliver out; they are used and accustomed to them; not only the righteous know in their judgment what is acceptable, but they use themselves to say those things; they not...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 10:32: know--regard and provide for (Psa 1:6). frowardness--all kinds of deceit and ill-nature. The word is plural. Next: Proverbs Chapter 11
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 10:32: Pro 10:32 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the godless is mere falsehood. Hitzig, instead of ידעוּן, reads יבּעוּן; the ἀποστάζει [they distil or send forth] of the lxx does not favour this, for it is probably only a corruption of ἐπίσταται, which is found in several MSS the Graec.