Proverbs 15:7

American Standard Version (1901)

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת וְלֵ֖ב כְּסִילִ֣ים לֹא־כֵֽן׃

Transliteration

Śip̄tê ḥăḵāmîm yəzārû dāʿat wəlēḇ kəsîlîm lōʾ-ḵēn

Grammar Details

• *Śip̄tê*: noun, feminine dual construct - lips of
• *ḥăḵāmîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wise ones
• *yəzārû*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - scatter/spread/disperse
• *dāʿat*: noun, feminine singular - knowledge
• *wəlēḇ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - but heart of
• *kəsîlîm*: noun, masculine plural - fools
• *lōʾ-ḵēn*: negative particle + adverb - not so

Word Meanings

• *Śip̄tê ḥăḵāmîm*: lips of wise/speech of wise ones
• *yəzārû*: scatter/spread/disperse
• *dāʿat*: knowledge/understanding/insight
• *wəlēḇ kəsîlîm*: but heart of fools/yet mind of foolish
• *lōʾ-ḵēn*: not so/is not right/does not do so

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:34 : 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
• Matt 28:18-20 : 18 And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
• Acts 18:9-9 : 9 And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace: 10 for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.
• Rom 10:14-17 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
• Rom 15:18-21 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ; 20 yea, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was [already] named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation; 21 but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
• Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
• 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
• Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.
• Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
• Ps 51:13-15 : 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
• Ps 71:15-18 : 15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof] . 16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
• Ps 78:2-6 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,
• Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
• Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the righteous is [as] choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
• Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs. 10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [even] words of truth.
• Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O [my] bride, drop [as] the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
• Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.