Proverbs 16:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Proverbs 16:21 —

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Proverbs 16:23-24
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. …
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21)

Note, 1. Those that have solid wisdom will have the credit of it; it will gain them reputation, and they shall be called prudent grave men, and a deference will be paid to their judgment. Do that which is wise and good and thou shalt have the praise of the same. 2. Those that with their wisdom have a happy elocution, that deliver their sentiments easily and with a good grace, are communicative of…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21. wise in heart--who rightly consider duty. sweetness of the lips--eloquent discourse, persuades and instructs others.