Proverbs 15:28

A Wise Son Brings Blessings To Others

²⁷ A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth. ²⁸ The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things. ²⁹ Far is Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.

Do Good

Mouth of the Wicked

Righteous Man

1 Peter 3:15

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And be ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

1 Kings 3:23-28

And the king saith, 'This one saith, This is my son, the living, and thy son is the dead; and that one saith, Nay, but thy son is the dead, and my son the living.'

Proverbs 10:19

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.

Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

Proverbs 29:11

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

Proverbs 29:20

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14

Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

Titus 1:10-11

for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --

James 3:6-8

and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

2 Peter 2:18

for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,