19 The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech. (WEB)
Sirach 36:19
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Job 34:2–4
2 “Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning. 3 For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food. 4 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
Job 12:10–12
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Proverbs 15:13–15
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Sirach 27:5–7
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Proverbs 15:27–29
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Proverbs 10:19–21
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Proverbs 27:18–20
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Sirach 3:28–30
28 The calamity of the proud has no healing, for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him. (WEB) 29 The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener. (WEB) 30 Water will quench a flaming fire; almsgiving will make atonement for sins. (WEB)
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