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TSK · Proverbs 15:28

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Then said the king, The one saith, This [is] my son that liveth, and thy son [is] the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son [is] the dead, and my son [is] the living.

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

¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

¶ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.

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.

¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: