Job 4:3-4

3Behold, you have instructed many,
and you have astrengthened the weak hands.
4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have bmade firm the feeble knees.

Job 23:12

12I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have ctreasured the words of his mouth more than my dportion of food.

Job 29:21-22

21 “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word edropped upon them.

Psalms 37:30

30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks justice.

Proverbs 12:18

18 fThere is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings ghealing.

Proverbs 15:4

4 hA gentle
Or healing
tongue is ja tree of life,
but kperverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Ecclesiastes 12:9-10

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

9Besides being wise, lthe Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging mmany proverbs with great care. 10 nThe Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

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