The Power Of The Tongue

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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

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

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

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

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

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

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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

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.

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

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

Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

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 →

Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

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

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

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

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.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

The north wind produces rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

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

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

The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

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.”

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

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

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

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.

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

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

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

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips”; — read the full passage →

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

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.

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

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

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