Some Bible Topics
our speech
Psalm Chapter 141:3
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs Chapter 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs Chapter 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs Chapter 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs Chapter 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs Chapter 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs Chapter 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs Chapter 21:23
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Matthew Chapter 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 Chapter 15:11
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Ephesians Chapter 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.
Ephesians Chapter 5:4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Colossians Chapter 4:6
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
James Chapter 1:19
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James Chapter 1:26
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.