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Proverbs 5:2

The Scriptures 1998

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

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

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

My mouth recounts Your righteousness Your deliverance all the day, Though I do not know their numbers.

The lips of the righteous shepherd many, But fools die for lack of heart.

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

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

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

There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

My son, let them not depart from your eyes; Watch over sound wisdom and discretion;

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