Proverbs 15:7
The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
In Context
6The house of the righteous hath much treasure: but in the reuenues of the wicked is trouble.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
Psalms 51:13Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked, and sinners shalbe conuerted vnto thee.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde.
Proverbs 5:2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
Proverbs 10:21The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.
Ecclesiastes 10:2The heart of a wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:7
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. Note, 1. Where righteousness is riches are, and the comforts of them: In the house of the righteous is much treasure. Religion teaches men to be diligent, temperate, and just, and by these means, ordinarily, the estate is increased. But that is not all: God blesses the habitation of the just, and that blessing makes rich without trouble. Or, if there be not much of this world's goods, yet where there is grace there is… Read the whole commentary →