Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Bible References
Keep
Psalm 39:1
To the overseer, to Jeduthun: chanting of David. I said, I will watch my way from sinning with my tongue: I will watch for my mouth with a muzzle while yet the unjust one is before me.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life in the hand of the tongue: and they loving it shall eat its fruit
Matthew 12:35
The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, casts forth good things: and the evil man, out of the evil treasure, casts forth evil things.
James 1:19
Wherefore, my dearly beloved brethren, let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
James 3:2
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumble not in word, this a perfect man, able to govern by a bridle also the whole body.
Speaking
Psalm 55:11
Mischief in her midst: oppression and deceit will not depart from her wide place.
Proverbs 12:7
The unjust are overthrown, and they are not: and the house of the just shall stand.
Proverbs 19:9
A witness of falsehoods shall not be unpunished, and he breathing out lies shall perish.
Isaiah 63:8
And he will say, Surely they my people, sons that will not lie: and he will be to them for Saviour.
Colossians 3:9
Lie not to one another, having put off the old man with big deeds;
1 Peter 2:1
Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies,
Revelation 14:4
There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb.