|
WISE
speech what is nice to do |
FOOLISH
speech what is nice to avoid doing |
| 2-3, 17-10,18-15, 19-20, 20-18 |
asks for understanding and insight | listens to wicked lips and destructive tongue | 17-4 |
| 4-24, 8-8, 14-5, 24-28, 24-29 |
refrains from being dishonest or devious | speaks devious / dishonest / perverted things | 2-12, 6-12, 6-17, 6-19, 8-13, 10-32, 14-5, 19-1, 26-19 |
| 15-5, 10-17, 3-11, 19-25, 24-25, 28-23, 29-17 |
offers discipline, instruction, and reproof | smooth talker / flatterer / easy to swallow | 2-16, 5-3, 6-24, 7-5, 7-15, 7-21, 18-8, 23-7, 26-22, 26-23, 26-28, 28-23, 29-5 |
| 8-6, 10-32 | announces excellent / noble things | delays, telling someone a good thing that could be said right away, excellence not fitting | 3-28, 17-7, 24-7, 26-9 |
| 10-12, 16-13, 22-11, 23-16, 24-26, 27-9 |
covers wrongs / makes others pleased and inspires love | quarrelsome / stirs strife / slander | 3-30, 7-11, 10-12, 10-18, 16-28, 18-6, 20-3, 22-10, 25-23, 26-20, 27-15, 30-10 |
| 5-2, 10-13, 15-2, 15-7 |
contains knowledge / insight | talks foolishly / babbles | 10-10, 10-14, 12-23, 15-2, 15-28, 18-2 |
| 12-14,12-20,12-25, 15-23, 18-20 |
brings satisfaction / enjoyment | groans / mourns / begs | 5-11, 20-4, 21-13, 30-15 |
| 6-3 | makes promise then aggressively pesters neighbor to get out of it | words used to take time to sleep / be idle / make excuses | 6-10, 14-23, 22-13, 24-12, 24-33, 26-13, 28-24, 30-20 |
| 10-19, 11-12, 15-28, 17-14, 17-27, 17-28, 21-23, 22-18, 23-9, 26-4 |
keeps quiet / controls mouth / careful | loud / long-winded / loose tongue | 7-11, 9-13, 10-19, 15-28, 27-14 |
| 8-7, 8-9, 12-17, 12-19, 12-22, 14-25 |
expressing truth | lies | 10-18, 12-17, 12-19, 12-22, 14-25, 19-22, 25-18, 26-28 |
| 11-13, 19-11, 25-9 | keeps secrets / discrete | gives away secrets, reports evil | 11-13, 17-9, 20-19 |
| 12-6 | rescues / delivers | ambushes / hides violence / mischievous | 10-11, 12-6, 16-30, 24-2, 26-24, 26-25 |
| 10-21, 12-20, 13-2, 18-20 |
nourishes / feeds / brings peace | invites ruin / destruction / death | 10-14, 10-21, 11-9, 11-11, 13-3, 18-7, 19-9 |
| 18-4 | like deep waters | like scorching fire | 16-27 |
| 10-11, 12-18, 13-3, 14-25, 15-2, 16-24, 18-21 |
saves / brings healing / fountain of life | brings harm / injures / dangerous / spreads iniquity | 12-18, 14-25, 15-4, 18-21, 19-28, 21-6 |
| 12-13, 14-3, 21-23 | gets them out of trouble / protects them | gets them into trouble / punishment | 12-13, 14-3, 17-20, 18-6, 18-7, 19-5 , 19-9 |
| 12-19, 21-28 | lasts forever | short-lived | 12-19, 20-17, 21-6, 21-28, 22-12 |
| 15-1, 15-26, 16-24, 22-11 |
gentle / pleasant words | harsh / reckless / blunt | 15-1, 15-28, 18-23, 26-2, 29-20 |
| 16-10 | no error in judgment | hasty, judging incomplete info |
18-13, 18-17, 20-22, 24-24 |
| 16-21, 16-23, 25-15 | persuasive | can't persuade / can't influence | 19-7 |
| 10-20, 20-15, 25-11, 25-12 |
like silver / gems / jewelry | like a snare / pit | 18-7, 20-25, 22-14 |
| 25-6, 27-2, 28-13 | do not brag / confesses sins |
boasts | 20-14, 25-14, 27-1 |
| 31-29, 31-31 | praises others | curses others | 20-20, 30-11 |
| 31-8, 31-9 | speaks as advocate for the unfortunate |