Proverbs 15:2 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.

American Standard Version (1901)

The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

Common English Bible

The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge, but the mouth of a fool gushes with stupidity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

Proverbs 15:2 Krydshenvisninger

Psalm 45:1

My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

Psalm 59:7

There they are, bellowing with their mouths, with sharp words on their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

Proverbs 12:23

One who is clever conceals knowledge, but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly.

Proverbs 13:16

The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:28

The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.

Proverbs 16:23

The mind of the wise makes their speech judicious, and adds persuasiveness to their lips.

Proverbs 5:2

so that you may hold on to prudence, and your lips may guard knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For dreams come with many cares, and a fool's voice with many words.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.