Proverbs 10:8-23 - Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
8 The wise in heart will accept the law but a babbling fool will fall.
9 He who walks with integrity walks safely. He who perverts his ways will be found out.
10 He who winks the eye [in a jesture of malice] causes trouble. A babbling fool will fall.
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life. Aggression comes from the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirs up strife. Love covers all sins.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the understanding (discerning). A rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.
14 Wise men preserve knowledge. The mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strength. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The yield of the wicked is punishment.
17 He who regards instruction is in the way of life. He who refuses reproof goes (mentally and morally) astray.
18 Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander.
19 Sin does not hide from a multitude of words. The wise controls his lips.
20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked has little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many. Fools die for lack of understanding.
22 The blessing of Jehovah makes rich and he adds no grief to it.
23 It is like sport to a fool to do mischief. A man of understanding has wisdom.