Proverbs 15:2

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Cross References

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, *For,* they say, *who hears us?*

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

Proverbs 15:23

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

Proverbs 16:23

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

Proverbs 5:2

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.