The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.


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Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Proverbs 8 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs 15 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs 15 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Proverbs 10 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 10 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 12 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs 28 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Habakkuk 1 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Proverbs 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Job 34 10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 8 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Hosea 14 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Proverbs 12 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Psalms 59 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
James 4 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
2 Timothy 2 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
Proverbs 16 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Psalms 125 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
1 Samuel 2 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Proverbs 12 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12 8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Proverbs 17 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Isaiah 32 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Exodus 23 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Isaiah 29 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Deuteronomy 25 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Psalms 37 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Jeremiah 4 18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
1 Samuel 24 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Psalms 50 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Proverbs 15 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Matthew 23 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Job 11 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Luke 12 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Psalms 140 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms 109 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Lamentations 3 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
1 Corinthians 10 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Ezekiel 33 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel 2 7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
Psalms 94 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Matthew 12 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.