Proverbs 15:7

The Scriptures 1998

The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, But the heart of fools is not so.

Cross References

Matthew 12:34

“Brood of adders! How are you able to speak what is good – being wicked? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Among our members the tongue is set, the one defiling the entire body, and setting on fire the wheel of life, and it is set on fire by Gehenna.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for the use of building up, so as to impart what is pleasant to the hearers.

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.

Matthew 10:27

“What I say to you in the dark, speak in the light. And what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips, O my bride, drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Leḇ

Psalm 119:13

With my lips I have recounted All the right-rulings of Your mouth.

Psalm 45:2

You are more handsome than the sons of men; Favour has been poured upon Your lips; Therefore Elohim has blessed You forever.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of right-ruling.

2 Timothy 2:2

And what you have heard from me among many witnesses, entrust these to trustworthy men who shall be competent to teach others as well.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, But the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:6

The household of the righteous is a great treasure, But in the income of the wrong is trouble.

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Proverbs 5:2

So as to watch over discretion, And your lips guard knowledge.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise gives discretion to his mouth, And he increases learning to his lips.

Ecclesiastes 10:2

A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.