Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will accept the law but a babbling fool will fall.
Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. He that hates reproof is stupid.
Psalm 119:34
Give me understanding, that I may observe your law and keep it with all my heart.
Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear and will increase learning. A man of understanding will procure wise counsel.
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning (insight).
Proverbs 10:10
He who winks the eye [in a jesture of malice] causes trouble. A babbling fool will fall.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. The righteous will depart from trouble.
Proverbs 13:3
He who keeps his mouth (watches what he says) keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips (speaks thoughtlessly) will have destruction.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way. The folly of fools is deception.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.
Proverbs 18:6-7
A fool's lips want to argue. His mouth calls for blows.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Matthew 7:24-25
Everyone who hears my words, and does them is like a wise man that builds his house on a rock.
James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are from meekness because of wisdom.