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 guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Matthew 12:35
The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
James 1:19
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
James 3:2
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
Speaking
Psalm 55:11
ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely." And he became their Savior.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
1 Peter 2:1
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
Revelation 14:4
It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,