tongue: Proverbs 15:23, Proverbs 15:28, Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 13:16, Proverbs 16:23, Proverbs 25:11-12; Psalms 45:1; Ecclesiastes 10:12-13; Isaiah 50:4
poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth, Psalms 59:7
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Proverbs 15:2
Proverbs 15:2
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