Proverbs 10:19

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
  • Prov 17:27-28 : 27 ¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
  • Eccl 10:13-14 : 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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    18¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

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    11¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

  • Eccl 10:12-14
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    12¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

  • Prov 17:27-28
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    27¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

    28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

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    23¶ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Prov 10:20-21
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    20¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Prov 10:13-14
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    13¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.

    14¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

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    23¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

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    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

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    23¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

    7A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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    9¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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    1¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 10:10-11
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    10¶ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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  • Eccl 5:2-3
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    2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

    3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.

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    10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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    2That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.

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    7¶ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

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    8¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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    21¶ The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

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    10¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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    17The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.