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Know - that is, “Know, and therefore utter.” So, in like manner, the “mouth of the wicked” knows, and therefore speaks frowardness, and that…

What is acceptable.— To God and man. (Compare the gracious words which proceeded out of Christ’s lips, Luke 4:22.)
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The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable
To God and man; what is well pleasing to God, and what ministers g…

A good man discourses wisely for the benefit of others. But it is the sin, and will be the ruin of a wicked man, that he speaks what is displeasing…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes