Löydetty 623 Tulokset: Ton

• The simpleton believes any message, a person of discretion treads a careful path. (Proverbs 14, 15)

• Simpletons have folly for their portion, people of discretion knowledge for their crown. (Proverbs 14, 18)

• The tongue of the wise makes knowledge welcome, the mouth of a fool spews folly. (Proverbs 15, 2)

• The tongue that soothes is a tree of life; the perverse tongue, a breaker of hearts. (Proverbs 15, 4)

• An evil-doer pays heed to malicious talk, a liar listens to a slanderous tongue. (Proverbs 17, 4)

• Whoever can control the tongue knows what knowledge is, someone of understanding keeps a cool temper. (Proverbs 17, 27)

• If the fool holds his tongue, he may pass for wise; if he seals his lips, he may pass for intelligent. (Proverbs 17, 28)

• Death and life are in the gift of the tongue, those who indulge it must eat the fruit it yields. (Proverbs 18, 21)

• Strike a cynic, and simpletons will be more wary; reprove the intelligent and he will understand your meaning. (Proverbs 19, 25)

• To make a fortune with the help of a lying tongue: such is the idle fantasy of those who look for death. (Proverbs 21, 6)

• When a cynic is punished, simpletons grow wiser, but someone of understanding acquires knowledge by instruction. (Proverbs 21, 11)

• Watch kept over mouth and tongue keeps the watcher safe from disaster. (Proverbs 21, 23)