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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
disperse
zarah (Hebrew #2219)
to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
KJV usage: cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.
Pronounce: zaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2114)
knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
: but the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
of the foolish
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
doeth not so.

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lips.
Psa. 37:30• 30The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment; (Psa. 37:30)
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Psa. 45:2• 2Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. (Psa. 45:2)
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Psa. 51:13‑15• 13I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee.
 14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
 15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise. (Psa. 51:13‑15)
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Psa. 71:15‑18• 15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.
 16I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works:
 18Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:15‑18)
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Psa. 78:2‑6• 2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
 3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us:
 4We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
 6That the generation to come might know them, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children, (Psa. 78:2‑6)
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Psa. 119:13• 13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. (Psa. 119:13)
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Eccl. 12:9‑10• 9And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
 10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth. (Eccl. 12:9‑10)
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Song of Sol. 4:11• 11Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. (Song of Sol. 4:11)
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Matt. 10:27• 27What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses. (Matt. 10:27)
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Matt. 28:18‑20• 18And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth.
 19Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
 20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, *I* am with you all the days, until the completion of the age. (Matt. 28:18‑20)
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Mark 16:15• 15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation. (Mark 16:15)
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Acts 18:9‑10• 9And the Lord said by vision in the night to Paul, Fear not, but speak and be not silent;
 10because *I* am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city. (Acts 18:9‑10)
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Rom. 10:14‑17• 14How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without one who preaches?
 15and how shall they preach unless they have been sent? according as it is written, How beautiful the feet of them that announce glad tidings of peace, of them that announce glad tidings of good things!
 16But they have not all obeyed the glad tidings. For Esaias says, Lord, who has believed our report?
 17So faith then is by a report, but the report by God's word. (Rom. 10:14‑17)
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Rom. 15:18‑21• 18For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed,
 19in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;
 20and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;
 21but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand. (Rom. 15:18‑21)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if there be any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear it. (Eph. 4:29)
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2 Tim. 2:2• 2And the things thou hast heard of me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, such as shall be competent to instruct others also. (2 Tim. 2:2)
the heart.
Prov. 10:20‑21• 20The tongue of the righteous man is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
 21The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding. (Prov. 10:20‑21)
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Matt. 12:34• 34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (Matt. 12:34)
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James 3:6• 6and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell. (James 3:6)
• In place of idle jests and unkind speeches, the lips of the wise spread abroad what is for profit and blessing. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.