Proverbs 15:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 45:1

Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, for confidants. A Psalm.

Psalm 59:7

Save me with your right hand, and hear me.

Proverbs 12:23

A resourceful man conceals knowledge. And the heart of the unwise provokes foolishness.

Proverbs 13:16

The discerning do everything with counsel. But whoever is senseless discloses his stupidity.

Proverbs 15:23

A man rejoices in the verdict of his own mouth. And a word at the right time is best.

Proverbs 15:28

The mind of the just meditates on obedience. The mouth of the impious overflows with evils.

Proverbs 15:7

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

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth and add grace to his lips.

Proverbs 5:2

so that you may guard your thinking, and so that your lips may preserve discipline. Do not pay attention to the deceit of a woman.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

The fool multiplies his words. A man does not know what has been before him, and who is able to reveal to him what will be in the future after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

If you have vowed anything to God, you should not delay to repay it. And whatever you have vowed, render it. But an unfaithful and foolish promise displeases him.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord has given me a learned tongue, so that I would know how to uphold with a word, one who has weakened. He rises in the morning, he rises to my ear in the morning, so that I may heed him like a teacher.