What does the Scripture say about our speech?
(All Scripture from the New King James Version)
“But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” - Matthew 5:37
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings for good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings for evil things. But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give an account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
- Matthew 12:35-37
“Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”
- Ephesians 4:29-32
“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.” - Ephesians 5:1-4
“But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.” - Colossians 3:8-10
“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” - Colossians 4:6
“But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters.” - 1 Peter 4:15
“Wise people store up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
- Proverbs 10:14
“A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.”
- Proverbs 12:23
“He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.” - Proverbs 13:3
“In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.”
- Proverbs 14:3
“The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.” - Proverbs 15:2
“The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the fool does not do so.”
- Proverbs 15:7
“The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.” - Proverbs 15:14
“A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows. A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, and they go down into the inmost body.” - Proverbs 18:6-8
“He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.”
- Proverbs 18:13
“Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”
- Proverbs 26:4-5
“A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back.”
- Proverbs 29:11
“Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”
- Proverbs 29:20
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