Top Verses from Proverbs 10  

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. (NIV)

The mouth of the [uncompromisingly] righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. (AMP)

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. (KJV)

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. (NIV)

Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. (AMP)

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. (KJV)

The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. (NIV)

The earnings of the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) lead to life, but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin. [Rom. 6:21; I Tim. 6:10.] (AMP)

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. (KJV)

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense. (NIV)

On the lips of him who has discernment skillful and godly Wisdom is found, but discipline and the rod are for the back of him who is without sense and understanding. (AMP)

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. (KJV)

Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. (NIV)

He who heeds instruction and correction is [not only himself] in the way of life [but also] is a way of life for others. And he who neglects or refuses reproof [not only himself] goes astray [but also] causes to err and is a path toward ruin for others. (AMP)

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. (KJV)

Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. (NIV)

He who hides hatred is of lying lips, and he who utters slander is a [self-confident] fool. [Prov. 26:24-26.] (AMP)

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. (KJV)

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. (NIV)

The tongues of those who are upright and in right standing with God are as choice silver; the minds of those who are wicked and out of harmony with God are of little value. (AMP)

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. (KJV)

The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor. (NIV)

The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. [Ps. 52:7; I Tim. 6:17.] (AMP)

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. (KJV)

From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced. (NIV)

The mouths of the righteous (those harmonious with God) bring forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down [like a barren and rotten tree]. (AMP)

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. (KJV)

What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted. (NIV)

The thing a wicked man fears shall come upon him, but the desire of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be granted. (AMP)

The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. (KJV)