Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
— Proverbs 18:21A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
— Proverbs 15:1Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
— Proverbs 16:24Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
— 1 Thessalonians 5:11In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
— Proverbs 10:19Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
— Colossians 4:6Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
— Proverbs 21:23There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
— Proverbs 12:18He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
— Proverbs 13:3Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
— Colossians 3:16Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
— James 1:19But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
— Matthew 12:36Let 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.
— Ephesians 4:29He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
— Proverbs 17:27A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
— Proverbs 15:4A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
— Proverbs 25:11A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
— Proverbs 15:23For 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 Peter 3:10A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
— Ecclesiastes 3:7The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
— Proverbs 16:23