Idle Words

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness,

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! — read the full passage →

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. — read the full passage →

but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. — read the full passage →

For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork. — read the full passage →

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. — read the full passage →

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Then your light shall break out as the morning, and your healing shall spring out speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; Yahweh’s glory shall be your rear guard.

For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. — read the full passage →

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; — read the full passage →

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, — read the full passage →

from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; neither his ear heavy, that it can’t hear: — read the full passage →

“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein. — read the full passage →