Proverbs 10:31

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The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

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those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is our master?”

Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall glory; for the mouths of liars will be stopped.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.

A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.