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Proverbs 12:23
The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly.
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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
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Proverbs 13:16
Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
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Psalms 59:7
Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“ Who hears?”
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Proverbs 15:23
A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!
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Psalms 45:1
My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say,“ I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.”
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Proverbs 16:23
A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.
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Proverbs 25:11-12
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
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Isaiah 50:4
The sovereign LORD has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12-13
The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,