Pro 12:18, 14:3 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 18. There is that speaketh ] Instead of boteh, blabbing out, blustering , several MSS. have boteach , TRUSTING: and instead of kemadkeroth , AS the piercings , seven MSS., with the Complutensian Polyglot , have bemadkeroth , IN the piercings . "There is that trusteth in the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health." But I suppose the former to be the true reading.

‏ Proverbs 12:18

Verse 18. There is that speaketh] Instead of boteh, blabbing out, blustering, several MSS. have boteach, TRUSTING: and instead of kemadkeroth, AS the piercings, seven MSS., with the Complutensian Polyglot, have bemadkeroth, IN the piercings. "There is that trusteth in the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health." But I suppose the former to be the true reading.

‏ Proverbs 14:3

Verse 3. The mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride] The reproofs of such a person are ill-judged and ill-timed, and generally are conveyed in such language as renders them not only ineffectual, but displeasing, and even irritating.