The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.
delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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