Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in proud wrath.
If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but is driven mad concerning questions and controversy of words, of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt understanding, and destitute of the truth, using piety as a source of gain: from such withdraw thyself.
Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him will become filled with pride, but the just in his faith shall live. Even more than he who is given over to wine, the transposer, the proud man, shall not remain, who enlarges his desire as Sheol and is as death and cannot be satisfied, but gathered unto him all the Gentiles and heaps unto him all the peoples;
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Speaking » Folly in
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
For out of much preoccupation comes the dream, and the voice of the fool out of a multitude of words.
Because dreams abound, and vanities and the words are many, but fear thou God.
As thorns sunk into the hand of one who is drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
The fool gives full rein to his spirit, but the wise man in the end will bring it into rest.
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
The heart of him that has understanding seeks wisdom, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
For him that answers a word before he hears, it is folly and reproach unto him.
The sane man conceals his wisdom: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.
Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.
neither dishonest words nor foolishness nor low jesting, which are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks.
Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Shall vain words have an end? Or what is it that emboldens thee to answer? I also could speak as ye do. I wish your soul were in my soul's stead, that I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Never answer a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him.
Do not accuse a slave in the presence of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. The fool multiplies words and says, Man cannot tell what shall be, and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Speech/communication » The mouth of a fool
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes. A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
For out of much preoccupation comes the dream, and the voice of the fool out of a multitude of words.
The sane man conceals his wisdom: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.
Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.
Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
The words from the mouth of the wise man are grace, but the lips of the fool will swallow up himself. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. The fool multiplies words and says, Man cannot tell what shall be, and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Speech/communication » The tongue of the wise
In the lips of the prudent wisdom is found and is a rod unto the back of him that is void of understanding.
The fool gives full rein to his spirit, but the wise man in the end will bring it into rest.
There are those that speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is medicine.
The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.