Proverbs 15:2
לְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים תֵּיטִיב דָּעַת וּפִי כְסִילִים יַבִּיעַ אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
In Context
1מַֽעֲנֶה ־ רַּךְ יָשִׁיב חֵמָה וּדְבַר ־ עֶצֶב יַעֲלֶה ־ אָֽף ׃
3בְּֽכָל ־ מָקוֹם עֵינֵי יְהוָה צֹפוֹת רָעִים וטוֹבִֽים ׃
Cross References
Psalms 59:7יָשׁוּבוּ לָעֶרֶב יֶהֱמוּ כַכָּלֶב וִיסוֹבְבוּ עִֽיר ׃
Proverbs 12:23אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Proverbs 15:23שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה ־ פִיו וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה ־ טּֽוֹב ׃
Proverbs 16:23לֵב חָכָם יַשְׂכִּיל פִּיהוּ וְעַל ־ שְׂפָתָיו יֹסִיף לֶֽקַח ׃
Ecclesiastes 10:12דִּבְרֵי פִי ־ חָכָם חֵן וְשִׂפְתוֹת כְּסִיל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:2
The Proper Use of the Tongue. 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Solomon, as conservator of the public peace, here tells us, 1. How the peace may be kept, that we may know how in our places to keep it; it is by soft words. If wrath be risen like a threatening cloud, pregnant with storms and thunder, a soft answer will disperse it and turn it away. When men are provoked, speak gently to them, and give them good words, and they will be pacified, as the Ephraimites were by Gideon's… Read the whole commentary →