Unkind Words

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.