The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Cross References
Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
Treasury of Scripture
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
tongue
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
the heart
Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
