Proverbs 15:28

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

Psalm 59:7

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

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

Proverbs 13:16

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

Proverbs 15:2

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

Proverbs 16:23

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

Proverbs 29:11

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Matthew 12:34

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

1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;