Job 4:4

4Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
and you have amade firm the feeble knees.

Job 16:5

5I could strengthen you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 16:21-24

21The wise of heart is called discerning,
and sweetness of speech dincreases persuasiveness.
22Good sense is ea fountain of life to him who has it,
but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 fThe heart of the wise makes his speech judicious
and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
24 gGracious words are like ha honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and ihealth to the body.

Proverbs 18:21

21 jDeath and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 25:11

11 kA word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Ecclesiastes 12:10-11

10 lThe Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

11 mThe words of the wise are like goads, and like nnails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are ogiven by pone Shepherd.
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