Proverbs 15:2 - English Standard Version 2016

² The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: But the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly.

American Standard Version (1901)

² The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

Common English Bible

² The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge, but the mouth of a fool gushes with stupidity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

Proverbs 15:2 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 45:1

My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

Psalm 59:7

There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear 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 flaunts his folly.

Proverbs 15:23

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:28

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Proverbs 5:2

that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.