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

A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.

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.

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.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

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.

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.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

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.

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.

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

Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

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

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

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

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.”

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

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

We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

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.

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.

All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

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

Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

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.