Proverbs 15:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, But the heart of fools is not so.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain]; not so the minds and hearts of the self-confident and foolish.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Common English Bible

⁷ The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools have none.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ The lips of the wise shall disseminate knowledge. The heart of the foolish will be dissimilar.

Proverbs 15:7 Cross References

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I have recounted All the right-rulings of Your mouth.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of right-ruling.

Psalm 45:2

You are more handsome than the sons of men; Favour has been poured upon Your lips; Therefore Elohim has blessed You forever.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, But the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:6

The household of the righteous is a great treasure, But in the income of the wrong is trouble.

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise gives discretion to his mouth, And he increases learning to his lips.

Proverbs 5:2

So as to watch over discretion, And your lips guard knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips, O my bride, drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Leḇ

Matthew 10:27

“What I say to you in the dark, speak in the light. And what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

Matthew 12:34

“Brood of adders! How are you able to speak what is good – being wicked? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for the use of building up, so as to impart what is pleasant to the hearers.

2 Timothy 2:2

And what you have heard from me among many witnesses, entrust these to trustworthy men who shall be competent to teach others as well.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by Gehenna.