Proverbs 16:23 · KJV
“The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. {teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}”
— Proverbs 16:23
Understanding {is} a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools {is} folly.
Pleasant words {are as} an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16 — Context
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22Understanding {is} a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools {is} folly.
23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. {teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}
24Pleasant words {are as} an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Matthew 12:34-35
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Proverbs 22:17-18
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Psalms 45:1
[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.] My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue {is} the pen of a ready writer. {Maschil: or, of instruction} {is inditing: Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up}
Psalms 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.