Proverbs 16:23

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Ver. 23. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth.] Frameth his speech for him, and seasoneth it with salt of grace, ere it sets it as a dish before the hearers. Nescit poeuitenda loqui qui proferenda prius suo tradidit examini, saith Cassiodore. a He cannot lightly speak amiss that weighs his words before he utters them. The voice which is made in the mouth is nothing so melodious as that which comes from the depth of the breast Heart sprung speech hath weight and worth in it.

And addeth learning to his lips.] By restraining talkativeness, and making him as willing to hear as to speak, to learn as to teach, to be an auditor as an orator.

a Lib. x. Ephesians 4:1,32 .