Proverbs 10:8-23 - Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a babbling fool shall fall.
9 He who walks uprightly walks surely; but he who twists his ways shall be known.
10 He who winks the eye causes sorrow; but a babbling fool shall fall.
11 The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirs up fights, but love covers all sins.
13 In the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him who is without understanding.
14 Wise ones store up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labor of the righteous tends to life; the fruit of the wicked tends to sin.
17 He who keeps instruction is in the way of life; but he who refuses reproof goes astray.
18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who speaks a slander, is a fool.
19 In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking; but he who holds back his lips is wise.
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is worth little.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for lack of wisdom.
22 The blessing of Jehovah itself makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
23 To work out evil devices is as laughter to a fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.