Keeping Quiet

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

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

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

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

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

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

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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

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

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

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

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

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

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.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

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

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

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

Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

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

One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace. — read the full passage →

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

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

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 →

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor. — read the full passage →

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

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

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 →

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

For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

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.

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

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. — read the full passage →

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

neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock. — read the full passage →

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 →

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. — read the full passage →

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. — 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 →

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 →

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.

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

Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”

“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask; I am found by those who didn’t seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

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

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

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

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old. — read the full passage →

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

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

So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

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

Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away. — read the full passage →

And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”

They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance. — read the full passage →

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.