"He who guards his mouth and his tongue, guards his soul from troubles" One of the quickest and surest ways to get in trouble is to say...

Solomon is giving us a huge clue in this proverb on how to avoid a lot of pain and get a read on a person’s soul. What do they talk about wh

When you find a person who is speaking actually lives for God, then what they have to say is very valuable. It is as choice silver. However,

The idea here is that the normal – almost unconscious – comments of a person should be evaluated for their truth content. If they are true,

This is the contrasting truth to what will be shared in Proverbs 25:23 about a backbiting tongue. When we really think through how to bring

Proverbs 18:4 "The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook" There are three pictures of the...

Proverbs 17:4 "An evildoer listens to wicked lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue" What a person pays attention to tells a...

Proverbs 15:4 "A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but perversion in it crushes the spirit" a soothing tongue The word in Hebrew is...

Proverbs 15:2 "The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable. But the mouth of fools spouts folly." Notice that the mouth of the fool...

Proverbs 13:2 "From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, but the desire of the treacherous is violence" Solomon noticed that it is...

PROVERBS 19:1 "Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool" This is one of those...