Proverbs 10:19
¶ 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.
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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.
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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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.
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23 ¶ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
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2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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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.
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20 ¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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7 ¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
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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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3 ¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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31 ¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
32 The 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.
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6 ¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
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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.
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10 ¶ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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2 Be 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.
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
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10 For 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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20 ¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
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13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
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19 ¶ He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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10 ¶ A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
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3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
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2 That 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.
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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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30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
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24 Put 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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17 The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.