Zhēnyán 16:23

23 Zhìhuì rén de xīn , jiàoxun tāde kǒu , yòu shǐ tāde zuǐ, zēngzhǎng xuéwen .

Zhēnyán 16:23 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth
That is, a man that is wise in heart, as in ( Proverbs 16:21 ) ; his heart will teach his mouth what to say, when to say it, and before whom; it will prompt him to matter, that he shall not be at a loss what to say, nor how to say; it will furnish him with words and things; out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, ( Matthew 12:34 ) ; and addeth learning to his lips:
so that he does not deliver out mere words, but solid learning along with them, instructive to himself and others. The Targum is,

``and by his lips he addeth doctrine;''

or increases knowledge.

Zhēnyán 16:23 In-Context

21 Xīn zhōng yǒu zhìhuì , bì chēngwèi tōngdá rén . zuǐzhōng de tián yán , jiā zēng rén de xuéwen .

22 Rén yǒu zhìhuì jiù yǒu shēngmìng de quányuán . yúmeì rén bì beì yúmeì chéng zhì .

23 Zhìhuì rén de xīn , jiàoxun tāde kǒu , yòu shǐ tāde zuǐ, zēngzhǎng xuéwen .

24 Liáng yán rútóng fēng fáng , shǐ xīn jué gān tián , shǐ gú dé yīzhì .

25 Yǒu yī tiaó lù , rén yǐwéi zhēng , zhì zhōng chéngwéi sǐwáng zhī lù .