³Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

⁴I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

²Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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

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

³In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

²The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

⁷The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

¹⁴The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

⁶A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

⁷A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹³He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

⁷The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

⁹As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹¹A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

²⁰Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

¹⁰Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

³For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

⁷For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

¹³The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

¹⁴A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

³⁶But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

⁵But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

⁴My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

¹Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

²He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

³He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

¹I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

²³Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.