The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song. My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
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