Communication

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die.

A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up.

Let my mouth be filled with Your praise And with Your glory all the day.

“For the LORD God of Israel says That He hates divorce, For it covers one’s garment with violence,” Says the LORD of hosts. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously.”

“The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear To hear as the learned.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

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

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.

And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,