Verse 31
31. Bringeth forth Puts forth, blooms or bears; a figure taken from the habit of a fruitful tree.
Froward tongue A tongue of perversities. “Tongue” is used by metonymy for the person, as (Psalms 120:3) “Thou false tongue.”
Cut out Or, cut off, like a branch; or, cut up, like a worthless tree. The idea is, that the righteous man, like a wholesome tree, yields fruits of wisdom, (Psalms 92:14,) consequently shall be valued and preserved; but the perverter, who turns men from the right, shall be cut down. See Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:19.
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