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Proverbs 12:23
The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly. (niv)
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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. (niv)
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Proverbs 13:16
All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly. (niv)
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Psalms 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think,“ Who can hear us?” (niv)
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Proverbs 15:23
A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word! (niv)
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Psalms 45:1
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. (niv)
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Proverbs 16:23
The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction. (niv)
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Proverbs 25:11-12
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear. (niv)
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Isaiah 50:4
The Sovereign Lord has given me a well- instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 10:12-13
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness— (niv)