Proverbs 15:28 (BSB)

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

From Proverbs 15. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 15:28

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 15:28: Here is, 1. A good man proved to be a wise man by this, that he governs his tongue well; he that does so the same is a perfect man, Jam 3:2. It is part of the character of a righteous man that being convinced of the account he must give of his words, and of the good and bad influence of them upon others...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 15:28: 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 Pro 3:6...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 15:28: (Compare Pro 15:14; Pro 10:11). Caution is the fruit of wisdom; rashness of folly.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 15:28: Pro 15:28 Two proverbs regarding the righteous and the wicked: 28 The heart of the righteous considereth how to answer right, And the mouth of the godless poureth forth evil. Instead of לענות, the lxx (Syr. and Targ.) imagines אמוּנות πίστεις; Jerome translates, but falsely, obedientiam (from ענה, to bend oneself); Meîri thinks on לענה, wormwood, for the heart of the righteous revolves in itself...