Proverbs 10:11
21st Century King James Version
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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Proverbs 10:11
American Standard Version
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life;
But [a]violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:11 Or, the mouth of the wicked covereth violence
Proverbs 15:4
21st Century King James Version
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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Proverbs 15:4
American Standard Version
4 [a]A gentle tongue is a tree of life;
But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:4 Hebrew The healing of the tongue.
Proverbs 15:23
21st Century King James Version
23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season — how good it is!
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Proverbs 15:23
American Standard Version
23 A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth;
And a word in due season, how good is it!
Proverbs 16:23-24
21st Century King James Version
23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
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Proverbs 16:23-24
American Standard Version
23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 18:4
21st Century King James Version
4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
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Proverbs 18:4
American Standard Version
4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters;
[a]The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:4 Or, A flowing brook, a wellspring of wisdom
Proverbs 18:21
21st Century King James Version
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Proverbs 18:21
American Standard Version
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 26:23
21st Century King James Version
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
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Proverbs 26:23
American Standard Version
23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart
Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
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