Proverbs 5:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 71:15 : 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 ¶ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
  • Prov 15:2 : 2 ¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 ¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
  • Prov 16:23 : 23 ¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
  • Mal 2:6-7 : 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 ¶ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

    11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

  • Prov 5:3
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    3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

  • Prov 22:17-18
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    17 ¶ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

    18 For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1 ¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 7:5
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    5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21 ¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

  • Prov 6:24-25
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    24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23 ¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  • Prov 4:5-6
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    5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

    6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

  • 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 16:21
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    21 ¶ The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1 ¶ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

  • 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 4:24
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    24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15 ¶ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

  • Prov 10:14
    75%

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

  • Prov 5:7
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    7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  • 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 12:23
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    23 ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Ps 141:3
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    3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

  • Prov 2:5-6
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    5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

    6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 13:3
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    3 ¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Prov 1:4-5
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    4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Prov 10:19
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    19 ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  • Prov 23:12
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    12 ¶ Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

  • Prov 14:7
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    7 ¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 7:1
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    1 ¶ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

  • Prov 19:27
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    27 ¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 10:32
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    32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 ¶ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • Eccl 10:12
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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.

  • Prov 24:14
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    14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19 ¶ Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

  • Prov 18:15
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    15 ¶ The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

  • Prov 4:10
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    10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 4:20-21
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    20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

    21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

  • Job 15:5
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    5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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