For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not; nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Put away from you a wicked mouth, and devious lips put far from you.

And now hear me, O sons, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.

A worthless person, a wicked man walks with a crooked mouth,

And now listen to me, sons, and attend to the words of my mouth.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is hateful to my lips.

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

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; I hate pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the wicked mouth.

Blessings are on the head of the just; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Wise ones store up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom; but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing; but the mouth of the wicked what is contrary.

A hypocrite corrupts his neighbor with his mouth; but through knowledge the just shall be delivered.

By the blessing of the upright the city is lifted up, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

The words of the wicked are to lie 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 reward of a man's hands shall be given to him.

From the fruit of his mouth a man shall eat good, but the soul of the treacherous eats violence.

He who keeps his mouth keeps his life; he who opens his lips wide, it is ruin to him.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall keep them.

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

The heart of the righteous studies to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

A fool's lips enter into argument, and his mouth calls for strokes.

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

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

A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.

An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there.

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.

A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Let another man praise you, and not your mouth; a stranger, and not your lips.

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.

If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.

Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the sons of those passing away.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.