Our Speech
10 passages
- Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read it in context - Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Read it in context - Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Read it in context - Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Read it in context - Proverbs 15:1–2
1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Read it in context - Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Read it in context - Proverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Read it in context - Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Read it in context - James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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