What the Bible Says About...Sample

Live Wisely – Watch Your Words

Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. … Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver … The lips of the righteous nourish many.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge. … Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. … The tongue of the wise brings healing.

A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life.… The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom … The lips of the righteous know what is fitting.

He whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.… Reckless words pierce like a sword. Truthful lips endure forever. … The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. … Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

Ps 141:3, Pr 4:24, Pr 10:19,20,21, Pr 15:7, Pr 20:15, Pr 16:24, Pr 12:18, Pr 17:27-28, Pr 10:11, Pr 10:31,32, Pr 17:20, Pr 12:18,19,22, Pr 18:21, Pr 25:18