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 bit while the wicked is against me.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.
Matthew 12:35
The good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
James 1:19
Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
James 3:2
For we all offend in many things. If any man offends not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to govern the whole body with restraint.
Speaking
Psalm 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof; deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Proverbs 12:7
God shall overthrow the wicked, and they shall not be any longer, but the house of the righteous shall remain.
Proverbs 19:9
The false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, Surely they are my people, sons that do not lie: and he was their Saviour.
Colossians 3:9
Lie not one to another, putting off the old man with his deeds
1 Peter 2:1
Having therefore left all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and all murmurings,
Revelation 14:4
These are those who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These are redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.