Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
BSB
ASV
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
KJV
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Not so - The word translated “so” is taken by some in its etymological force as “strong,” “firm,” and the passage is rendered “the heart of the fool disperseth (supplied from the first clause) what is weak and unsteady,” i. e., “falsehood and unwisdom.” The Septuagint takes it as an adjective, “the heart of the fool is unstedfast.” The phrase as it stands in the King James Version is, however, of frequent occurrence Gen 48:18; Exo 10:11; Num 12:7.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
leads to
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Through
James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…
leads to
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Through
Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
leads to
The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow…
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
