Proverbs 10:11

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

The righteous see it, and are glad. The innocent ridicule them,

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. It will be so in summer and in winter.

He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

So then, let’s follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word,

But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.

a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.