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Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
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Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
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Proverbs 2:12
delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
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Proverbs 12:18
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Proverbs 18:6-8
A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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Proverbs 11:11
By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.
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Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.
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Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
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Titus 2:8
and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.
