10 Bible Verses about Curbing Speech

You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.

For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;

For I will not presume to mention any of the results that Christ has brought about by other agency than mine in securing the obedience of the Gentiles by word or deed,

Married women, in the same way, be submissive to your husbands, so that even if some of them disbelieve the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over by the daily life of their wives, after watching your daily life--

or if there is no interpreter, let the man with the gift be silent in the Church, speaking to himself and to God.

And if anything is revealed to some one else who is seated there, let the first be silent.

I do not permit a woman to teach, nor have authority over a man, but she must remain silent.

A woman should quietly learn from others with entire submissiveness.

But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.