Proverbs 15:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 proclaims wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice and truth.

You are fairer than the sons of men;
Graciousness is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

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

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,
For their number is more than I know.

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

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

Furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and arranged many proverbs.

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

What I say to you in the dark (privately), tell in the light (publicly); and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops [to many people].

Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

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

One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid anymore, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

But how will people call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher (messenger)?

For I will not [even] presume to speak of anything except what Christ has done through me [as an instrument in His hands], resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles [to the gospel], by word and deed,

Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a blessing to those who hear [you speak].

The things [the doctrine, the precepts, the admonitions, the sum of my ministry] which you have heard me teach in the presence of many witnesses, entrust [as a treasure] to reliable and faithful men who will also be capable and qualified to teach others.

The heart

The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued);
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).

General references

The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice and truth.