Proverbs 18:21

The power of the tongue is life and death those who love to talk will eat what it produces.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

Matthew 12:35-37

A good person brings good things out of a good treasure house, and an evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure house.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

Proverbs 10:19-21

Transgression is at work where people talk too much, but anyone who holds his tongue is prudent.

Proverbs 10:31

The words of the righteous overflow with wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut out.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man's sinful speech ensnares him, but the righteous person escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 13:2-3

From the fruit of his words a man receives benefit, but the treacherous crave violence.

Proverbs 18:4-7

The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14

The words spoken by the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool will devour him.

Titus 1:10-11

For there are many people who are rebellious, especially those who are converts from Judaism. They speak utter nonsense and deceive people.

James 3:6-9

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Isaiah 57:19

when I create the fruit of the lips: Peace to the one who is far away or near," says the LORD, "and I'll heal him.

Romans 10:14-15

How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching?

2 Corinthians 2:16

To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?

2 Corinthians 11:15

So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their doom will match their deeds!

2 Peter 2:18

By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

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Death

Proverbs 18:4
The words a man says are as deep waters a fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
Proverbs 10:20
What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who wins people is wise.
Matthew 12:35
A good person brings good things out of a good treasure house, and an evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure house.
Romans 10:14
How, then, can people call on someone they have not believed? And how can they believe in someone they have not heard about? And how can they hear without someone preaching?
2 Corinthians 2:16
To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?
2 Corinthians 11:15
So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their doom will match their deeds!
Ephesians 4:29
Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
Titus 1:10
For there are many people who are rebellious, especially those who are converts from Judaism. They speak utter nonsense and deceive people.
James 3:6
The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.
2 Peter 2:18
By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

And

Proverbs 10:19
Transgression is at work where people talk too much, but anyone who holds his tongue is prudent.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words spoken by the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool will devour him.
Isaiah 57:19
when I create the fruit of the lips: Peace to the one who is far away or near," says the LORD, "and I'll heal him.

General references

Deuteronomy 22:14
invents charges against her, and defames her by saying, "I have married this woman, but when I had sexual relations with her I found that she wasn't a virgin.'
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble.

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