Proverbs 15:7

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Summary

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Lips

The heart

Proverbs 10:20

Matthew 12:34

James 3:6

General references

Psalm 37:30

Bible References

Lips

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice.

You are fairer than the sons of men;

Grace is poured upon Your lips;

Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your salvation all day long;
For I do not know the sum of them.

I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,

With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.

In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs.

“Your lips, my bride, drip honey;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?

For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

Let no

unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

The heart

The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by

hell.

General references

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice.