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More Wise Ways to Live

15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
The tongue of the wise enhances knowledge,
but the mouths of fools spout stupidity.

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A healing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue shatters the spirit.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
but the heart of fools—not so.

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23 Giving an apt response with his own mouth makes a person happy,
and a word at the right time—oh how good!

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26 The plans of the wicked are disgusting[a] to the Lord,
but pleasant words are pure to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:26 Or are an abomination