Ephesians 4:29
You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
Proverbs 10:31-32
The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.
Proverbs 15:2-4
The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
Psalm 37:30-31
The godly speak wise words and promote justice.
Proverbs 12:13
The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
Proverbs 15:23
A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time -- how good it is!
Proverbs 16:21
The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.
Proverbs 25:11-12
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.
Isaiah 50:4
The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.
Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
Matthew 12:34-37
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
Romans 3:13-14
"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."
1 Corinthians 14:19
but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Ephesians 4:16
From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.
Ephesians 5:3-4
But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.
Colossians 3:8-9
But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
Colossians 3:16-17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
James 3:2-8
For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.
1 Peter 3:1
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,
Jude 1:13-16
wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind,
Psalm 5:9
For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.
Psalm 45:2
You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
Psalm 71:17-18
O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.
Psalm 71:24
All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.
Psalm 73:7-9
Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.
Psalm 78:4-5
we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
Malachi 3:16-18
Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.
Luke 4:22
All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
1 Corinthians 15:32-33
If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
1 Peter 2:12
and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
2 Peter 2:18
For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
Revelation 13:5-6
The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months.
Ephesians 4:12
to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,