Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Tongue
Poureth
General references
Bible References
Tongue
Proverbs 15:23
A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!
Proverbs 12:23
A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.
Proverbs 13:16
A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
Proverbs 25:11
A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
Psalm 45:1
My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
Poureth
Psalm 59:7
See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
General references
Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
Proverbs 17:28
Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.
Matthew 15:18
But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.