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Proverbs 12:23
A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
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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 13:16
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
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Psalms 59:7
There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for“ Who,” they think,“ will hear us?”
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Proverbs 15:23
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
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Psalms 45:1
My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
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Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
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Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
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Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12-13
The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.