Proverbs 16:21 Cross References - LEB

²¹ The wise of heart* is called perceptive, but he who is pleasant of lips will increase persuasiveness.

¹² behold, I do hereby do according to your word. I hereby give you a wise and discerning heart; there was no one like you before you, nor afterwards will one like you arise.

² You are the most handsome of the sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

⁸ A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

⁷ The lips of the wise will spread knowledge, but the heart* of fools, not so.

²³ The heart* of the wise will make his mouth judicious, and upon his lips, it* will add persuasiveness. ²⁴ Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

¹⁵ My child, if your heart* is wise, my heart will be glad—even me!

⁹ Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend is _⌊personal advice_⌋.*

¹⁰ The Teacher* sought to find delightful words,* and he wrote* what is upright—truthful words.

⁴ The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of a pupil, to know how to help the weary with a word. He awakens _⌊morning by morning_⌋,* awakens an ear for me to listen as do the pupils.

²² And they were all speaking well of him, and were astonished at the gracious words that were coming out of his mouth. And they were saying, "Is this man not the son of Joseph?"

⁴⁶ The officers replied, "Never has a man spoken like this!"

¹⁹ For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what is good, but innocent toward what is evil.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,