12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-15)Solomon, having shown the benefit of wisdom, and of what great advantage it is to us in the management of our affairs, here shows the mischief of folly and how it exposes men, which perhaps comes in as a reflection upon those rulers who set folly in great dignity . I. Fools talk a great deal to no purpose, and they show their folly as much by the multitude, impertinence, and mischievousness of the…
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