The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the King: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.