Verse 2
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 45:2 : 2 You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
- Ps 71:15 : 15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don't know its full measure.
- Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
- Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
- Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
- Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
- Prov 16:23 : 23 The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
- Song 4:11 : 11 Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
- Mal 2:6-7 : 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned 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 Yahweh of Armies.
- Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.