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Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

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James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Proverbs 17:27
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

James 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Psalms 39:1
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

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Ecclesiastes 5:2
Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:3
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

Job 11:2
“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

Ecclesiastes 10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

Proverbs 29:11
A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

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