Proverbs 16:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Proverbs 16:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
Proverbs 22:17-18
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. …
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.
Psalms 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. …

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Commentary

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

(vv. 23)

Solomon had commended eloquence, or the sweetness of the lips (Prov. 16:21), and seemed to prefer it before wisdom; but here he corrects himself, as it were, and shows that unless there be a good treasure within to support the eloquence it is worth little. Wisdom in the heart is the main matter. 1. It is this that directs us in speaking, that teaches the mouth 3a8f what to speak, and when, and how…

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

(vv. 23)

23. The heart is the source of wisdom flowing from the mouth.