Proverbs 5:2
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
In context
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight, 2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. 3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; 4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 5:2 in the KJV
That thou mayest regard discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 5:2 in the ESV
that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.