Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Bible References
Keep
Psalm 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
James 1:19
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
James 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
Speaking
Psalm 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst of it. Oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs 19:9
A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, Surely, they are my people, sons that will not deal falsely. So he was their Savior.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,
1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, having put off all evil and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speaking,
Revelation 14:4
These are men who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were out of men purchased by Jesus, a first fruit to God and to the Lamb.