Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Bible References
Keep
Psalm 39:1
I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."
Proverbs 18:21
The power of the tongue is life and death those who love to talk will eat what it produces.
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.
James 1:19
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
James 3:2
For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.
Speaking
Psalm 55:11
Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets.
Proverbs 12:7
After they're overthrown, the wicked won't be found, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
Proverbs 19:9
A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will perish.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who won't act falsely." And so he became their savior.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices
1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.
Revelation 14:4
They have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins, and they follow the lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among humanity as the first fruits for God and the lamb.