Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
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Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
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Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 15:4
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Matthew 13:52
He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
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Proverbs 10:18
He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
Proverbs 10:13
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
Proverbs 10:16
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
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Matthew 12:34
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
Psalms 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Psalms 71:15
My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
Psalms 71:24
My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on Yahweh’s name, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
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Proverbs 16:21
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.
Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
Proverbs 15:26
Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
Proverbs 22:17
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
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Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
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Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
Proverbs 3:14
For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
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Psalms 105:12
when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
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Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
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Ecclesiastes 12:9
Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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Romans 10:14
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
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Romans 10:15
And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
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2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.
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