Proverbs 16:23
The lev chacham guides his peh (mouth), 1 and addeth learning to his sfatayim (lips). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
In Context
Cross References
Job 15:2Should a chacham (wise man) utter vain knowledge, 1 and fill his inner being with the east wind? 1
Psalms 45:1(For the one directing upon Shoshannim, for the Bnei Korach. A Maskil. Shir yedidot [a love song]) 1
Proverbs 15:7The sfatayim (lips) of chachamim disperse da'as, 1 but the lev of kesilim doeth not so. 1
Proverbs 22:17Bow down thine ozen, and hear the devarim of chachamim, 1 and apply thine lev (mind, heart) unto my da'as. 1
Colossians 3:16Let the dvar of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach make its mishkan in you richly, in all chochmah and in all Moshiachʼs pnimiyus haTorah (innermost Torah teaching) and words of chizzuk, ministering to one another with Tehillim, shirim, and neshamah niggunim miRuach Hakodesh (soul melodies from the Ruach Hakodesh) with gratitude, singing in your levavot to Hashem. + 3:16 Ps 47:7
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:23
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. Note, 1. There is always some good to be gotten by a wise and good man: His understanding is a well-spring of life to him, which always flows and can never be drawn dry; he has something to say upon all occasions that is instructive, and of use to those that will make use of it, things new and old to bring out of his treasure; at least, his understanding is a spring of life to himself, yielding him abundant… Read the whole commentary →