The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced.

Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.

The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.

The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue.

She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,

See, the Name of the Lord comes from afar, with burning anger and dense clouds of smoke; his lips are full of wrath, and his tongue is a consuming fire.

The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.

Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.