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

Matthew 12:34

James 3:6

Bible References

Lips

What I tell you in the dark, say again in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them thus: "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

Then he said to them: "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Good News to all creation.

One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision: "Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;

But how, it may be asked, are they to invoke one in whom they have not learned to believe? And how are they to believe in one whose words they have not heard? And how are they to hear his words unless some one proclaims him?

For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles--

Never let any foul word pass your lips, but only such good words as the occasion demands, that they may be a help to those who hear them.

and what you learnt from me, in the presence of many listeners, entrust to reliable men, who will be able in their turn to teach others.

The heart

You brood of vipers! how can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.

And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.