1 Peter 2:22
He committed no sin, no guile was ever found upon his lips;
James 1:26
Whoever considers he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is futile.
James 3:2
We all make many a slip, but whoever avoids slips of speech is a perfect man; he can bridle the whole of the body as well as the tongue.
1 Peter 2:1
So off with all malice, all guile and insincerity and envy and slander of every kind!
Matthew 12:35-37
The good man brings good out of his good store, and the evil man brings evil out of his store of evil.
Colossians 3:9
Tell no lies to one another; you have stripped off the old nature with its practices,
James 1:19
Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;
James 3:5-10
So the tongue is a small member of the body, but it can boast of great exploits. What a forest is set ablaze by a little spark of fire!
Revelation 14:4-5
They have not been defiled by intercourse with women ??they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.