The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
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. Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
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