Proverbs 16:23
A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.
- Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges.
- Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymmes, and spirituall songes, singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde.
- Prov 22:17-18 : 17 Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine: 18 For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:
- Ps 37:30-31 : 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement. 31 The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide.
- Ps 45:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition (on the instrument) Sosannim (to be song of the) children of Corach. A song of loue, geuyng wise instructions. My heart is endityng of a good matter: I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king, my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Prov 16:21-222 verses88%
21 Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.
22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.
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7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.
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2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.
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14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.
- Prov 10:13-142 verses81%
13 In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe.
14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
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15 A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.
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3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
- Prov 1:5-62 verses79%
5 The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.
6 To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
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23 A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.
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12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.
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21 The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.
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6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.
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2 That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.
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9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.
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33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.
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19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.
- Prov 10:31-322 verses76%
31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.
32 The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.
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3 My mouth shall vtter wisdome: the cogitations of myne heart wyll bryng foorth knowledge.
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12 Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.
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30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.
- Prov 22:17-182 verses76%
17 Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:
18 For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:
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10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge:
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16 Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right.
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24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.
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11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.
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1 A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.
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23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.
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31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse.
- Prov 15:23-242 verses74%
23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.
24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.
- Prov 18:6-72 verses74%
6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
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2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.
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8 A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.
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28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.
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8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
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4 The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.
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15 There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.
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16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.
- Prov 17:27-282 verses74%
27 A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite.
28 Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.
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19 My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way of the Lorde.
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4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
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24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.