For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

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

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth,

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.

At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.

In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

From the fruit of the mouth is one satisfied with good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.

Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.

The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

Wisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

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

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue.