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Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

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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. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

James 3:7
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;

James 3:8
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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

Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.

Matthew 12:34
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

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Proverbs 22:11
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Job 6:25
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

Psalms 45:2
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

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Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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