Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18:21
A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 18:6-7
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
Proverbs 18:13
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 29:20
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:18
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:34
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
Proverbs 20:19
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 18:8
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Proverbs 26:20
Gossip: One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
Slander: Charge with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9
Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another’s secret, lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.
Proverbs 25:9-12
“I can hear 1000 praises and one criticism, and the one criticism will overrule the 1000 praises.”
– Mariah Carey
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
James 3:2-12
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:1-5
