34 Bible Verses about Curbing Speech
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Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over
"Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called 'Queen of kingdoms.'
O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!
May lying lips be silenced -- lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.
Be silent before the Lord God, for the Lord's day of judgment is almost here. The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; he has ritually purified his guests.
Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: "Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.
But he went back once he reached the carved images at Gilgal. He said to Eglon, "I have a secret message for you, O king." Eglon said, "Be quiet!" All his attendants left.
They said to him, "Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn't it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man's family?"
When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" He will respond, "Be quiet! Don't invoke the Lord's name!"
The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign Lord is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!"
Be silent in the Lord's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.
Now Joshua had instructed the army, "Do not give a battle cry or raise your voices; say nothing until the day I tell you, 'Give the battle cry.' Then give the battle cry!"
The Danites said to him, "Don't say another word to us, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will die."
when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,
But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.
And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.
But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.
"Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
"Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods -- do not let them be heard on your lips.
But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.
