Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing ps
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impu
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they a
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good
A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues pra
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will b
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink
to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of reme
From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love throu
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserve
But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from