19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 10:19
The Righteous and the Wicked: Wisdom in Speech, Work, Wealth, and Life
The chapter moves as a concentrated collection rather than a single linear argument. Its repeated contrasts form a moral portrait of the righteous and the wicked, with major clusters around family, work, wealth, speech, discipline, desire, fear, and destiny.
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Verse 19
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When wordsדְּ֭בָרִיםH1697Noun - masculine pluralare manyבְּרֹ֣בH7230Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructsinפָּ֑שַׁעH6588Noun - masculine singularis unavoidableלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particle. . .יֶחְדַּל־H2308Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbut he who restrainsוְחֹשֵׂ֖ךְH2820Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularhis lipsשְׂפָתָ֣יוH8193Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine singularis wiseמַשְׂכִּֽיל׃H7919Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular