15 Bible Verses about Speaking, Wisdom In
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Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
I said, "I will guard my ways {that I may not sin} with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as [the] wicked [are] before me."
Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works, with the humility of wisdom.
my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.
A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.
The good person from his good treasury brings out good [things], and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil [things].
Let your speech always [be] with grace, seasoned with salt, so that [you] may know how it is necessary for you to answer each one.
Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Plans of evil [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.
{With patience} a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
{No rotten word must proceed} from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,
He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride, but the lips of the wise preserve them.
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