Proverbs 15:7

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

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

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.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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,

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.

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

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

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

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.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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

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.”

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!

The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

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.

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

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

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

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?”

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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

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

I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.

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

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

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.

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

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?

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

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.

“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

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.

Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

“Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

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

For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

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

For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.

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

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

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

Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.

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.

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.

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.”

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

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.

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.

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

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if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

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

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

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.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

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

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

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Behold, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.

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

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

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

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

For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

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.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.