Proverbs 15:7

A Conservative Version

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so.

Cross References

Matthew 12:34

Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

Mark 16:15

And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good-news to the whole creation.

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Thy lips, O [my] bride, drop the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I have declared all the ordinances of thy mouth.

Psalm 45:2

Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

2 Timothy 2:2

And what thou have heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit thou to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

Proverbs 15:6

In the house of a righteous man is much treasure, but in the revenues of a wicked man is trouble.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 5:2

that thou may preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

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