Proverbs 10:8
A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 12:1
He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke [is] stupid.
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and heed it with [my] whole heart.
Proverbs 1:5
may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,
Proverbs 9:9
Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.
Proverbs 10:10
The winking of an eye causes trouble, and the foolishness of lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 12:13
By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
Proverbs 13:3
He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:23
In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.
Proverbs 18:6-7
The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.
Matthew 7:24-25
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
James 3:13
Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.