Proverbs 5:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.
  • Ps 71:15 : 15 My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.
  • Prov 16:23 : 23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
  • Mal 2:6-7 : 6 True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing. 7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    82%

    10 For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Prov 5:3
    81%

    3 For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

  • Prov 22:17-18
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    79%

    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

    18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

  • Prov 5:1
    79%

    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

  • Prov 7:5
    78%

    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 3:21
    78%

    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Prov 6:24-25
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    77%

    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

    25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Prov 4:5-6
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    76%

    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

    6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Prov 15:7
    76%

    7 The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

  • Prov 16:21
    76%

    21 The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    76%

    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

    2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2 Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

  • Prov 4:24
    76%

    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

  • Prov 20:15
    76%

    15 There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Prov 10:14
    75%

    14 Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • Prov 5:7
    74%

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Prov 14:3
    74%

    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Prov 12:23
    74%

    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Prov 5:20
    74%

    20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Ps 34:13
    74%

    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

  • Ps 141:3
    74%

    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    74%

    5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

    6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

  • Prov 13:3
    73%

    3 He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

  • Prov 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 10:19
    73%

    19 Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

  • Prov 23:12
    73%

    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

  • Prov 14:7
    73%

    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 7:1
    73%

    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Prov 19:27
    73%

    27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 10:32
    73%

    32 The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

  • Prov 21:23
    72%

    23 He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Eccl 10:12
    72%

    12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

  • Prov 24:14
    72%

    14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 23:19
    72%

    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 18:15
    72%

    15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 4:10
    72%

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 2:20
    72%

    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

  • Prov 4:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

    21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.

  • Job 15:5
    71%

    5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

  • Prov 17:27
    71%

    27 He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.