Proverbs 18:18

The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.

The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

A man’s gift makes room for him,

and brings him before great men.

He who pleads his cause first seems right—

until another comes and questions him.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.

Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.

With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue;

those who love it will eat its fruit.