In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Gill's Exposition
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride,.... A proud tongue, or a tongue speaking proud and haughty things; with which foolish or wicked men smite others and wound and hurt their reputation and…
Barnes' Notes
A rod of pride - i. e., The pride shown in his speech is as a rod with which he strikes down others and himself.
Matthew Henry
See here, 1. A proud fool exposing himself. Where there is pride in the heart, and no wisdom in the head to suppress it, it commonly shows itself in the words: In the mouth there is pride, proud…
Cambridge Bible
a rod of pride This may mean either that he smites with his proud words as with a rod (comp. Isa 11:4, where however the Heb. word is different); or (preserving better the antithesis between the two…
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