Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

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. {to...: or, to edify profitably}

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness {and} thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers {thereof}.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {have...: or, do wisely}

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. {to...: or, to edify profitably}

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart {shall be} of understanding.

The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

The thoughts of the wicked {are} an abomination to the LORD: but {the words} of the pure {are} pleasant words. {pleasant...: Heb. words of pleasantness}

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments {are} righteousness.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness {is} an abomination to my lips. {an...: Heb. the abomination of my lips}

Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. {desolate: or, guilty}

My words {shall be of} the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Thy lips {are} like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech {is} comely: thy temples {are} like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Neither yield ye your members {as} instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members {as} instruments of righteousness unto God. {instruments: Gr. arms, or, weapons}

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. {teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}