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Proverbs
10:19 -
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs
12:18 -
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs
15:1 -
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs
15:23 -
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Proverbs
16:24 -
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs
17:22 -
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs
18:21 -
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ecclesiastes
3:4 -
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes
7:3 -
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
7:4 -
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Matthew
12:36 -
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matthew
12:37 -
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Ephesians
4:29 -
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Colossians
4:6 -
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Psalms
19:14 -
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
James
1:19 -
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs
26:18 -
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Proverbs
26:19 -
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Psalms
37:30 -
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Proverbs
21:23 -
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Colossians
3:8 -
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Proverbs
13:3 -
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Ecclesiastes
5:2 -
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
James
3:2 -
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Proverbs
31:26 -
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Proverbs
29:20 -
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Psalms
141:3 -
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Ephesians
5:4 -
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.