Keeping Quiet

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

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

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. — read the full passage →

If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

He whose spirit is without restraint Islikea city that is broken down and without walls.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

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

It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous. — read the full passage →

A word fitly spoken Islikeapples of gold in network of silver.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger. — read the full passage →

Verily I say unto you, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers. — read the full passage →

For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. — read the full passage →

I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock. — read the full passage →

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! — read the full passage →

Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. — read the full passage →

Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. — read the full passage →

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

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

For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

And taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

I am inquired of by them that asked notfor me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; Butthat which isin the inward part of fools is made known.

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old. — read the full passage →

I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.

He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them. — read the full passage →

and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.

And they seized him, and led himaway, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed afar off. — read the full passage →

In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.