A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes f
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.