³⁵ The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

⁶ Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

⁵² And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

¹¹ A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

¹² Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

²⁰ The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

²¹ The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

²⁹ Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

³⁴ You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

²¹ The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

²² Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

²³ The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

²⁸ The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

²³ A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

⁴ A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

¹⁷ The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

¹⁸ There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

¹⁹ True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

⁶ The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

³⁰ The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

³¹ The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.