Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
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Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
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Deuteronomy 11:28
and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known.
1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
Job 22:22
Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
Proverbs 2:2
so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
Proverbs 2:3
yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:4
if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
Proverbs 2:5
then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:6
For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:7
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Proverbs 18:1
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
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2 Samuel 1:16
David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”
1 Kings 20:40
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be. You yourself have decided it.”
1 Kings 20:41
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
1 Kings 20:42
He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’ ”
Psalms 64:8
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Psalms 140:9
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Proverbs 26:9
Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Luke 19:22
“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
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1 Kings 12:11
Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
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2 Chronicles 10:11
Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”
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Job 6:25
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Matthew 7:6
“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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Psalms 52:4
You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
Proverbs 17:20
One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 29:11
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
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.
James 3:7
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
James 3:8
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Psalms 119:97
How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
Psalms 119:98
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
Psalms 119:99
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms 119:100
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
Psalms 119:101
I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
Psalms 119:102
I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.
Psalms 119:103
How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!
Psalms 119:104
Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
Proverbs 15:14
The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Luke 8:8
Other fell into the good ground and grew and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Luke 8:9
Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
Luke 8:10
He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Luke 10:39
She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard his word.
2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:16
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
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Proverbs 10:16
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
Proverbs 10:17
He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
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Proverbs 11:13
One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
Proverbs 11:25
The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 11:26
People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 13:7
There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
Proverbs 13:24
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
Proverbs 14:25
A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
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Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Proverbs 10:9
He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
Proverbs 10:22
Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
Proverbs 10:25
When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Proverbs 13:13
Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:3
Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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Proverbs 14:14
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
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Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
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Proverbs 14:3
The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
Proverbs 19:19
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
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Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.
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Habakkuk 2:17
For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
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2 Timothy 3:17
that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Proverbs 1:7
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 8:6
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
Proverbs 19:8
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
Matthew 13:44
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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