3 For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
Job 34:3
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Job 12:10–12
10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind. 11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food? 12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Sirach 36:18–20
18 The belly will eat any food, but one food is better than another. (WEB) 19 The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech. (WEB) 20 A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back. (WEB)
Testament of Reuben 1:16–18
16 The third is the sense of hearing, with which cometh teaching. (T12) 17 The fourth is the sense of smell, with which tastes are given to draw air and breath. (T12) 18 The fifth is the power of speech, with which cometh knowledge. (T12)
Odes of Solomon 16:8–10
8 For the word of the Lord searches out all things, both the invisible and that which reveals His thought; (ODE) 9 For the eye sees His works, and the ear hears His thought; (ODE) 10 He spread out the earth and He settled the waters in the sea: (ODE)
Sirach 4:23–25
23 Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair. (WEB) 24 For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue. (WEB) 25 Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance. (WEB)
Proverbs 20:11–13
11 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright. 12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both. 13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Proverbs 26:21–23
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. 22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. 23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Proverbs 18:7–9
7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. 8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. 9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.
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