Bible Verses About speaking

“He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. to: or, to edify profitably”

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”

“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”

“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”

“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.”

“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.”

“The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.”

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome: Heb. The healing of the tongue”

“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”