7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. …
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7)This is to the same purport with Prov. 15:2; and shows what a blessing a wise man is and what a burden a fool is to those about him. Only here observe further, 1. That we then use knowledge aright when we disperse it, not confine it to a few of our intimates, and grudge it to others who would make as good use of it, but give a portion of this spiritual alms to seven and also to eight , not only be…
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