Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 14:3
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Proverbs14:3
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride , but the lips of the wise shall preserve them .
His proud and insolent speeches as they are like a Rod, offensive and injurious to others, so they make a Rod for their own Backs, by provoking God and men against them. Which sense seems most probable both from the opposite Clause, and by comparing this place with Prov. 10. 13. & 26. 3. For this Phrase, The Rod of Pride, it may be compared with other like Phrases, as the foot of Pride, Psal. 36. 11. The scourge of the Tongue, Job 5. 21. and the Rod of the Mouth, Isa. 11. 4.
From that Rod.
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