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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 uttereth wisdom{HR}And his tongue speaketh justice. (Psa. 37:30)
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Psa. 45:2• 2Thou hast been very fair above the sons of men;{HR}Grace hath been poured into thy lips;{HR}Therefore God hath blessed thee forever. (Psa. 45:2)
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Psa. 51:13‑15• 13I will teach transgressors thy ways,{HR}And sinners shall turn unto thee.
 14Deliver me from blood, Ο God, God of my salvation;{HR}My tongue shall celebrate thy righteousness.
 15Ο Lord, open my lips,{HR}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,{HR}All the day thy salvation;{HR}For I know not its numbers.
 16I will go in the might of Adonai Jehovah;{HR}I will recall thy righteousness, thine only.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,{HR}And hitherto do I show thy wondrous works.
 18Yea also unto old age and grey hairs,{HR}O God, forsake me not,{HR}Until I declare, thine arm to a generation,{HR}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,{HR}I will utter dark sayings from of old;
 3Which we have heard and known,{HR}And our fathers have told us.
 4We will not hide [them] from their sons,{HR}Telling the generations to come the praises of Jehovah,{HR}And his strength, and his wondrous works which he wrought.
 5For he established a testimony in Jacob,{HR}And appointed a law in Israel,{HR}Which he commanded our fathers to make [them] known to their sons,
 6That the generation to come might know, sons to be born,{HR}Who should rise up and tell their sons, (Psa. 78:2‑6)
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Psa. 119:13• 13With my lips have I declared{HR}All the judgments of thy mouth. (Psa. 119:13)
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Eccl. 12:9‑10• 9And moreover, because the Preacher was wise,{HR}He still taught the people knowledge;{HR}Yea, he pondered, and sought out,{HR}[And] set in order many proverbs.
 10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words,{HR}And [that which was] written uprightly,{HR}[Even] words of truth. (Eccl. 12:9‑10)
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Song of Sol. 4:11• 11Thy lips, spouse, drop honeycomb;{HR}Honey and milk [are] under thy tongue;{HR}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, baptizing 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 gospel to all the creation. (Mark 16:15)
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Acts 18:9‑10• 9And the Lord said by night through a vision to Paul, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent,
 10because I am with thee and no one shall set on thee to harm 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 on him, in whom they have not believed? and how believe in him of whom they heard not? and how hear without a preacher?
 15and how preach unless they have been sent? According as it is written, “How beautiful the feet of those that announce glad tidings of peace, of those that announce glad tidings of good things!”
 16But not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias says, “Lord, who believed our report?”
 17Therefore faith [is] by report, but the report through God's word. (Rom. 10:14‑17)
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Rom. 15:18‑21• 18For I will not dare to speak of anything of what Christ has wrought not by me for [the] obedience of [the] Gentiles by word and deed,
 19in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the Holy] Spirit; so that, from Jerusalem and in a circle as far as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ,
 20yet so making it a point of honour to preach, not where Christ was named, that I might not build upon another's foundation:
 21but even as it is written, “They to whom it was not told concerning him shall see, and they who have not heard shall understand.” (Rom. 15:18‑21)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear. (Eph. 4:29)
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2 Tim. 2:2• 2And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men, such as shall be able to teach others also. (2 Tim. 2:2)
the heart.
Prov. 10:20‑21• 20The tongue of the righteous [is as] choice silver;{HR}The heart of a wicked one [is] little worth.
 21The lips of the righteous feed many;{HR}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 iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna. (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.

W. Kelly Translation

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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge,{HR}But not so the heart of the foolish.