Proverbs 15:28

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

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.

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.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

He told her all his heart and said to her, “No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me and I will become weak, and be like any other man.”

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

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

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

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.

As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

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

Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

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

Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

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

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

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

The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;