Proverbs 15:7

The wise spread knowledge with their lips, but the hearts of fools do not. Wisdom is shared; folly is barren.

Cross-references · 19

• Matt 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
• Eph 4:29Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
• Jas 3:6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
• Prov 10:20–21The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
• Ps 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
• Ps 45:2You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
• Ps 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
• Ps 78:2–6I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
• Matt 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
• Acts 18:9–10The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
• Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
• Matt 28:18–20Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
• Ps 71:15–18My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
• Rom 15:18–21For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
• Eccl 12:9–10Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
• Rom 10:14–17How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
• Ps 51:13–15Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.
• Song 4:11Your 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.
• 2 Tim 2:2The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

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