I. ‘She openeth her mouth with wisdom,’ verse 26.
1. No foolish talking, or jesting. Job, xv. 3. Eph. v. 4.
2. No chattering or gossip, which tends to penury. Prov. xiv. 23. Eccles. x. 11, 14.
3. No deception. Prov. xxiv. 28; xx. 17.
II. ‘In her tongue is the law of kindness,’ verse 26.
1. No tale-bearing or back-biting. Prov. xxv. 23; xxvi. 22. Ps. xv. 3.
How mischievous. Prov. xxiv. 2.
2. No flattering, like wicked woman. Prov. v. 3; vi. 24. Ps. v. 9.
III. How important to bridle the tongue. Jam. i. 26.
There is often much wisdom in silence. Ps. xxxiv. 13. Prov. xvii. 28; xxix. 11.