Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Lips
The heart
Bible References
Lips
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
Matthew 28:18
Jesus however came near and said to them, "All power in Heaven and over the earth has been given to me.
Mark 16:15
Then He said to them, "Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind.
Acts 18:9
And, in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, "Dismiss your fears: go on speaking, and do not give up.
Romans 10:14
But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
Romans 15:18
For I will not presume to mention any of the results that Christ has brought about by other agency than mine in securing the obedience of the Gentiles by word or deed,
Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers.
2 Timothy 2:2
All that you have been taught by me in the hearing of many witnesses, you must hand on to trusty men who shall themselves, in turn, be competent to instruct others also.
The heart
Matthew 12:34
O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. That world of iniquity, the tongue, is placed within us spotting and soiling our whole nature, and setting the whole round of our lives on fire, being itself set on fire by Gehenna.