For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.

That which

Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.

The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.

Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

To the use of edifying

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Minister

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

General references

The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.