Proverbs

⁸The wise in heart will accept and obey commandments, but the foolish of lips will fall headlong. ⁹He who walks uprightly walks securely, but he who takes a crooked way shall be found out and punished. ¹⁰He who winks with the eye [craftily and with malice] causes sorrow; the foolish of lips will fall headlong but he who boldly reproves makes peace. ¹¹The mouth of the [uncompromisingly] righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. ¹²Hatred stirs up contentions, but love covers all transgressions. ¹³On the lips of him who has discernment skillful and godly Wisdom is found, but discipline and the rod are for the back of him who is without sense and understanding. ¹⁴Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.