For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked'speaketh perverseness.

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous'shall eat violence.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto .

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.