Proverbs 22:18
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18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
Proverbs 2:10
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10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
Jeremiah 15:16
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16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.(A)
Psalm 119:103
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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!(A)
Hebrews 13:15
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15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.(A)
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John 7:38
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38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As[a] the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart[b] shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”(A)
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Malachi 2:7
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7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.(A)
Proverbs 24:13-14
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13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.(A)
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.(B)
Proverbs 16:21
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21 The wise of heart is called perceptive,
and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.
Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not so the minds of fools.
Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for lack of sense.
Proverbs 10:13
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13 On the lips of one who has understanding wisdom is found,
but a rod is for the back of one who lacks sense.(A)
Proverbs 8:6
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6 Hear, for I will speak noble things,
and from my lips will come what is right,(A)
Proverbs 3:17
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17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.(A)
Psalm 119:171
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171 My lips will pour forth praise,
because you teach me your statutes.(A)
Psalm 119:162
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162 I rejoice at your word
like one who finds great spoil.(A)
Psalm 119:111
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111 Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.(A)
Psalm 119:13
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13 With my lips I declare
all the ordinances of your mouth.(A)
Psalm 19:10
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10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.(A)
Job 32:18-19
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18 For I am full of words;
the spirit within me constrains me.(A)
19 My belly is indeed like wine that has no vent;
like new wineskins, it is ready to burst.(B)
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