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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

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

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

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.

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.

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!”

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.

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.

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

Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.

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.”