The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.


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Exodus 4 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
Esther 1 13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 6 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 7 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 8 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job 11 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 12 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 21 22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job 26 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
Job 27 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 32 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 33 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job 34 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job 35 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 10 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalms 12 4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Psalms 19 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 33 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Psalms 34 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 49 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 50 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 64 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms 64 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Psalms 71 24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Psalms 75 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 92 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 94 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms 94 10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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.
Psalms 111 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms 119 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.