2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
[AD 735] Bede on Proverbs 5:2
That you may guard your thoughts, etc. Thoughts, by which you rightly believe; lips, by which you profess the faith itself in simple words, and usual, as well as ecclesiastical ones. But, according to the letter: He who adheres to a harlot defiles even his lips, either by kissing or speaking foul things.