For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

For my mouth speaks truth. 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 Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

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

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

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

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

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

A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

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

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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

"So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.