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Blessings are upon the head of the just:
    but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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The wise in heart will receive commandments:
    but a prating fool shall fall.

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10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow:
    but a prating fool shall fall.

11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life:
    but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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14 Wise men lay up knowledge:
    but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour:
    but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood:
    but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

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In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride:
    but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright:
    but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge:
    but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge:
    but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth,
    and addeth learning to his lips.

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A fool’s lips enter into contention,
    and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
    and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
    than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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15 My son, if thine heart be wise,
my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
when thy lips speak right things.

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24 Be not thou envious against evil men,
neither desire to be with them.
For their heart studieth destruction,
and their lips talk of mischief.

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The legs of the lame are not equal:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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