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 is before me.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
James 1:19
Ye know this , my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:2
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
Speaking
Psalm 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile 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 that uttereth lies shall perish.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.
Colossians 3:9
lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
1 Peter 2:1
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Revelation 14:4
These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.