Proverbs 15:2

Lighthouse Bible 2006

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

Cross References

Psalm 45:1

​My heart is composing a good presentation: I speak of the things which I have written concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, hears?

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken at the right time, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous studies how to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not do so.

Proverbs 16:23

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

Proverbs 5:2

That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by a multitude of words.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary: he wakens me morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as the learned.