Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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Ecclesiastes 10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
James 3:7
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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Proverbs 22:11
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 15:23
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Job 6:25
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Psalms 45:2
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
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