The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.

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 gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.