Proverbs 15:2

Modern English Version

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

Cross References

Psalm 45:1

My heart is overflowing with a goodly theme; I recite my special song to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a skillful scribe.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they bellow with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, “Who hears us?”

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

Proverbs 15:23

A man has joy in the apt reply of his mouth, and a timely word spoken, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous reflects on how to reply, but the mouth of the wicked spews out evil.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise guides 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 increases his words. No one knows what is to come; who can tell him what will come after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes when there is a great burden, and a foolish voice when there are many words.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word; He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen as the learned.