Psa 45:1, Pro 12:23, 13:16, 15:23, 28, 16:23, 25:11-12, Ecc 10:12-13, Isa 50:4 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster : according to Lilies . A Maskil of the Sons of Korah ; a love song . My heart overflows with a pleasing theme ; I address my verses to the king ; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe .

Psalms 45:1

Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of ^bthe Sons of Korah; a love song.

1 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of ^ca ready scribe.

Proverbs 12:23

23 ^dA prudent man conceals knowledge,
^ebut the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Proverbs 13:16

16 ^fEvery prudent man acts with knowledge,
^gbut a fool flaunts his folly.

Proverbs 15:23

23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,
and ^ha word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:28

28 The heart of the righteous ⁱponders how to answer,
but ^jthe mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Proverbs 16:23

23 ^kThe heart of the wise makes his speech judicious
and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Proverbs 25:11-12

11 ^lA word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
12 Like ^ma gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise reprover to ⁿa listening ear.

Ecclesiastes 10:12-13

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth ^owin him favor, ^{▼▼Or are gracious}
but ^qthe lips of a fool consume him.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,
and the end of his talk is evil madness.

Isaiah 50:4

4 The Lord God has given ^rme
the tongue of those who are taught,
that ^sI may know how to sustain with a word
^thim who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.