Proverbs 16:21
The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
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- Proverbs 16:23–24 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
- Isaiah 50:4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.