1. James 1:19
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.
2. Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
3. Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
4. Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
5. Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
6. Proverbs 18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
7. Proverbs 12:18
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
8. Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
9. Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
10. 2 Timothy 2:16
But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
11. Proverbs 18:13
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
12. Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
13. Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
14. Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
15. Proverbs 16:23
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
16. Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
17. Jeremiah 1:9
Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
18. Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
19. Colossians 3:8
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
20. Ephesians 4:15
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
21. 2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.
22. Matthew 15:18-19
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
