Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Speaking
Bible References
Keep
Matthew 12:35
A good man from his good store produces good things, and a bad man from his bad store produces bad things.
James 1:19
You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.
James 3:2
For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature.
Speaking
Colossians 3:9
Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings,
1 Peter 2:1
Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.
Revelation 14:4
These are those who had not defiled themselves with women: they are as pure as virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men, as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.