A Healthy Tongue
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Prov.25:11
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. Prov. 12:18
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Prov. 16:24
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Prov. 15:4
A Wise Tongue
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright. Prov. 15:2
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Prov. 15:7
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! Prov. 15:23
A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger. Prov. 15:1
If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. James 3:2
A Tongue of Few Words
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James 1:19
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Prov. 21:23
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. Prov. 13:3
He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. Prov. 17:27-28
If thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. Prov. 30:32
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few. Eccl. 5:2
That every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Rom. 3:19
A Tongue of Many Words
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin; but he that refraineth his lips is wise. Prov. 10:19
A fool also is full of words; a man can not tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? Eccl. 10:14
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt. 6:7
| A Flattering Tongue
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil. Prov. 5:3 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words.Prov. 2:16 A flattering mouth worketh ruin. Prov. 26:28 Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Prov. 20:19 A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. 29:5 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. Psalm 55:21 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. Matt. 15:8 A Foolish Tongue A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. Prov. 18:6,7 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips. Prov. 12:13 The lips of a fool will swallow up himself. Eccl. 10:12 In all labor there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury, Prov. 14:23 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger and not thine own lips. Prov. 27:2 A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. Prov. 29:11 A Lying Tongue These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven are an abomination unto Him:a proud look, a lying tongue, … a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. 6:16-19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Prov. 12:19 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Prov. 19:9 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Prov. 17:4 A Tongue of False Doctrine For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers. Titus 1:10 |
| And by good works and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. Rom. 16:18
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. 2 Peter 2:3 Charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 2 Tim. 2:14 A Dangerous Tongue Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Prov. 18:21 An ungodly man diggeth up evil; and in his lips there is as a burning fire. Prov. 16:27 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind; but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:5-8 Warnings But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matt. 12:36 If ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Gal. 5:15 Exhortations Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you. Eph. 4:31 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt. Col. 4:6 But now ye also put off all these:anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. Col. 3:8,9 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. James 4:11 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. Eph. 4:15 Proper Uses of the Tongue My mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips. Psalm 63:5 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord. Psalm 92:1 My tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness. Psalm 35:28 |
| With my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 89:1
If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom. 10:9,10 Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. 1 Peter 3:15 I have not spoken of Myself. John 12:49 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God." 2 Timothy 2:15 |