In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.


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Proverbs 11 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 10 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Proverbs 10 31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs 29 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Proverbs 10 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 16 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs 16 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs 22 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 23 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 24 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 3 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 26 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Proverbs 10 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Psalms 73 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Proverbs 16 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 13 10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Proverbs 18 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 17 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs 27 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 12 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 12 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs 20 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Proverbs 26 8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Ecclesiastes 9 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Proverbs 13 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Proverbs 16 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Luke 6 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 9 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 14 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Ecclesiastes 2 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Proverbs 13 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Jeremiah 9 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Proverbs 10 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 29 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 13 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 21 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs 21 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
James 3 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Isaiah 5 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Psalms 64 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: