PROVERBS 16:21-33

²¹The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

²²Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the correction of fools is their folly.

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

²⁴Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

²⁵There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

²⁶The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.

²⁷A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

²⁸A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

²⁹A man of violence enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way that is not good.

³⁰He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

³¹The hoary head is a crown of glory, it shall be found in the way of righteousness.

³²He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

³³The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.