The godly speak wise words and promote justice.
I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.
All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.
What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.
The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.
The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
