2 Samuel 1:16 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.
Psalms 15:1-4 1 LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 19:14 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.
Psalms 33:6 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 34:13-14 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalms 37:30 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 39:1 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 141:3 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 4:24 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Proverbs 10:8 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 10:13 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:18 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 12:25 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 13:16 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Proverbs 15:1 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 15:30 30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Proverbs 16:28-29 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Proverbs 17:7 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 17:27-28 27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 18:2 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 18:4 4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs 20:19 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs 21:19 19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 21:23 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 24:7 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 25:11 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proverbs 25:25 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Proverbs 25:27 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 26:9 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 29:5-6 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Proverbs 29:11 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 31:26 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 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. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes 7:10 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Ecclesiastes 7:21 21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Matthew 5:37 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew 12:37 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Luke 6:26 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
John 5:16-18 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. 17 But Jesus answered them,My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Romans 3:13 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Romans 16:17-18 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
1 Corinthians 2:1-2 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 4:12 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Ephesians 4:29 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 3:8 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:17 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Colossians 4:6 6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
1 Thessalonians 5:26 26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
1 Timothy 4:12 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
2 Timothy 2:16 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
2 Timothy 3:2-5 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Titus 2:7-8 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Hebrews 11:3 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
James 1:19 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 1:26 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
James 2:12 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
James 3:2 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.
James 3:5 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James 4:11-15 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
James 5:9 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
James 5:12 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
1 Peter 2:1 1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
1 Peter 2:15 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
1 Peter 3:8-10 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
1 John 1:5-6 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1 John 3:18 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.