1. "He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life, but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction." Proverbs 13:3
2. "Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him." Proverbs 29:20
3. "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." Proverbs 18:13
4. "...every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment" Matthew 12:36
5. "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." Ephesians 4:29
6. "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken in due season, how good is it." Proverbs 15:23
7. "Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles." Proverbs 21:23
8. "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger... A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit." Proverbs 15: 1,4
9. "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding." Proverbs 17:28
10. "The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly." Proverbs 18:8
11. "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile." 1 Peter 3:10
12. "If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is in vain." James 1:26
