It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips,
O Lord, save the king, and hear us on the day that we will call upon you.
In the lips of the wise, wisdom is discovered. And a rod is for the back of one who lacks heart.
The lips of the just instruct many. But those who are unlearned shall die in destitution of heart.
The lips of the wise shall disseminate knowledge. The heart of the foolish will be dissimilar.
Whoever is wise in heart shall be called prudent. And whoever is sweet in eloquence shall attain to what is greater.
If wisdom is to enter into your heart, and if knowledge is to become pleasing to your soul,
so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.
Whoever speaks a word at an opportune time is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
My son, pay attention to my sermons, and incline your ear to my eloquent words.
Let them not recede from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.
I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.
For the lips of the priests will keep knowledge, and they will request the law from his mouth, because he is an angel of the Lord of hosts.
whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, 'From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.' "
Therefore, through him, let us offer the sacrifice of continual praise to God, which is the fruit of lips confessing his name.