Ecclesiastes 10:12
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:12 Or are gracious
Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech always (A)be gracious, (B)seasoned with salt, (C)so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
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Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but (A)the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Luke 4:22
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22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at (A)the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, (B)“Is not this (C)Joseph's son?”
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Proverbs 22:11
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11 He who (A)loves purity of heart,
and whose (B)speech is gracious, (C)will have the king as his friend.
Ephesians 4:29
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29 (A)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give (B)grace to those who hear.
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Proverbs 10:20-21
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20 The tongue of the righteous is (A)choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for (B)lack of sense.
Proverbs 10:13-14
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13 On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found,
but (A)a rod is for the back of him who (B)lacks sense.
14 The wise (C)lay up knowledge,
but (D)the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
Proverbs 22:17-18
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Words of the Wise
17 (A)Incline your ear, and hear (B)the words of the wise,
(C)and apply your heart to my knowledge,
18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
Proverbs 10:31-32
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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
32 The lips of the righteous (B)know what is acceptable,
but the mouth of the wicked, (C)what is perverse.
Luke 19:22
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22 He said to him, (A)‘I will condemn you with your own words, (B)you wicked servant! You knew that I was (C)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
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Matthew 12:35
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35 (A)The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
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Proverbs 31:26
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26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Proverbs 26:9
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9 Like (A)a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 25:11-12
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11 (A)A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
12 Like (B)a gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise reprover to (C)a listening ear.
Proverbs 19:5
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Proverbs 18:6-8
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6 A fool's lips walk into a fight,
and his mouth invites (A)a beating.
7 (B)A fool's mouth is his ruin,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 (C)The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into (D)the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 16:21-24
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21 The wise of heart is called discerning,
and sweetness of speech (A)increases persuasiveness.
22 Good sense is (B)a fountain of life to him who has it,
but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 (C)The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious
and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
24 (D)Gracious words are like (E)a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and (F)health to the body.
Proverbs 15:23
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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,
and (A)a word in season, how good it is!
Proverbs 12:18
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18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings (B)healing.
Proverbs 12:13-14
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13 An evil man is ensnared (A)by the transgression of his lips,[a]
(B)but the righteous escapes from trouble.
14 From the fruit of his mouth (C)a man is satisfied with good,
(D)and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:13 Or In the transgression of the lips, there is an evil snare
Proverbs 10:10
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10 Whoever (A)winks the eye causes trouble,
and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 10:8
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8 (A)The wise of heart will receive commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Psalm 140:9
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9 As for the head of those who surround me,
let (A)the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
Psalm 71:15-18
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15 My (A)mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for (B)their number is past my knowledge.
16 With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18 So even to (C)old age and gray hairs,
O God, (D)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
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