Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 14:3 in English Standard Version "By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them." Pr 12:6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them. Jer 18:18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”