The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.”

The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.

Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.

I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.

For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.”

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.

My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.

So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.

The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.