Proverbs 10:19
Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.
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Proverbs 10:19
Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.
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Genesis 24:21
And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.
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Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.
Ecclesiastes 5:7
Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
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Job 4:2
If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?
Job 7:11
So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.
Job 29:9
The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;
Psalms 39:3
My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
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Job 9:20
Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
Job 15:5
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
Job 15:6
It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.
Job 34:35
Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
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Job 16:3
May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?
Job 16:4
It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:
Job 18:2
How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
Psalms 140:11
Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
Acts 17:18
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
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Job 32:11
I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
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Proverbs 4:26
Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered.
Isaiah 58:13
If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
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Proverbs 10:8
The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Proverbs 10:10
He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
Proverbs 10:14
Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.
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Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
Proverbs 3:2
For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace.
Proverbs 10:16
The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.
Proverbs 10:17
He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.
Proverbs 12:25
Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.
Proverbs 13:2
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
Proverbs 16:10
Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.
Proverbs 21:26
All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
Isaiah 57:19
I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.
1 Timothy 5:13
And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.
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Proverbs 14:29
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
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Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 5:20
Do not give false witness against your neighbour;
Psalms 15:2
He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;
Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.
Psalms 32:9
Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
Psalms 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.
Proverbs 12:22
False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
Matthew 12:34
You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
Colossians 4:6
Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.
Titus 1:11
By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
James 3:1
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
James 3:13
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
1 Peter 3:10
For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
2 Peter 2:18
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
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Ezekiel 3:11
And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
Zechariah 11:12
And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.
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Ezekiel 35:13
And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.
Ezekiel 35:15
You will become a waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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2 Kings 18:36
But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.
Amos 5:13
So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.
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Matthew 16:22
And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.
Matthew 26:74
Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
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Proverbs 12:18
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
Proverbs 13:13
He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.
Proverbs 13:17
A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
1 Peter 2:23
To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
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