10 Bible Verses about Curbing Speech

Mark this, my dear Brothers--Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

'He who would enjoy life And see happy days-- let him keep his tongue from evil And his lips from deceitful words,

For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles--

Again, you married women should submit to your husbands, so that if any of them reject the Message, they may, apart from the Message, be won over, by the conduct of their wives,

If there is no one able to interpret what is said, they should remain silent at the meeting of the Church, and speak to themselves and to God.

But, if some revelation is made to another person as he sits there, the first speaker should stop.

I do not consent to a woman's becoming a teacher, or exercising authority over a man; she ought to be silent.

A woman should listen silently to her teachers, and show them all deference.

As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

It is degrading even to speak of the things continually done by them in secret.