Psalms 37:30

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.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

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.

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.

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

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.”

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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

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.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.

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

Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

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

There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books that would be written.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

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

Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

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

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

“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.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

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.

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.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

“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.

Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.

Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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

My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

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

Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.

Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!

I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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

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.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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

His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

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?”

Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.

Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

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

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,

My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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.”

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Let still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.

My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.

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

Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

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

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

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

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

Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

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.

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.

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

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.

Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.