Proverbs 15:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright: But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.

American Standard Version (1901)

² The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

Common English Bible

² The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge, but the mouth of a fool gushes with stupidity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness.

Proverbs 15:2 Cross References

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent man worketh with knowledge: But a fool spreadeth out folly.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GODhath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

Proverbs 15:23

A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth: And a word in due season, how good is it!

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?

Psalm 45:1

My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter: I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Proverbs 5:2

That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.