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SCRIPTURES:
The
good man
brings good
things out
of the good
stored up in
his heart,
and the evil
man brings
evil things
out of the
evil stored
up in his
heart.
For out of
the overflow
of his heart
his mouth
speaks.
(Luke
6:45)1
If
anyone
considers
himself
religious
and yet does
not
keep a
tight rein
on his
tongue, he
deceives
himself
and
his religion
is
worthless.
(James
1:26)2
If
anyone
speaks, he
should do it
as one
speaking
the
very words
of God. (1
Peter 4:11)3
The
tongue has
the power of
life and
death.
(Proverbs
18:21)4
But I
tell you
that men
will have to
give account
on the day
of judgment
for every
careless
word they
have spoken.
For by your
words you
will be
acquitted,
and by your
words you
will be
condemned.
(Matthew
12:36-37)5
A
gentle
answer turns
away wrath,
but a
harsh
word stirs
up anger.
(Proverbs
15:1)6
The
quiet words
of the wise
are more to
be heeded
than
the shouts
of a ruler
of fools.
(Ecclesiastes
9:17)7
Through
patience a
ruler can be
persuaded,
and a
gentle
tongue can
break a
bone.
(Proverbs
25:15)8
A fool
gives full
vent to his
anger, but a
wise man
keeps
himself
under
control.
(Proverbs
29:11)9
Do not
be quickly
provoked in
your spirit,
for
anger
resides in
the lap of
fools.
(Ecclesiastes
7:9)10
A
hot-tempered
man stirs up
dissension,
but a
patient man
calms a
quarrel.
(Proverbs
15:18)11
For as
churning the
milk
produces
butter, and
as twisting
the nose
produces
blood, so
stirring up
anger
produces
strife.
(Proverbs
30:33)12
An
angry man
stirs up
dissension,
and a
hot-tempered
one
commits many
sins.
(Proverbs
29:22)13
A man
of knowledge
uses words
with
restraint,
and a manof
understanding
is
even-tempered.
(Proverbs
17:27)14
He who
guards his
lips guards
his life,
but he who
speaks
rashly will
come to
ruin.
(Proverbs
13:3)15
The
heart of the
righteous
weighs its
answers,
but
the mouth of
the wicked
gushes evil.
(Proverbs
15:28)16
He who
guards his
mouth and
his tongue
keeps
himself from
calamity.
(Proverbs
21:23)17
Set a
guard over
my mouth, O
LORD;
keep
watch over
the door of
my lips.
(Psalm
141:3)18
Do you
see a man
who speaks
in haste?
There
is more hope
for a fool
than for
him.
(Proverbs
29:20)19
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He who
answers
before
listening-that
is
his
folly and
his shame.
(Proverbs
18:13)20
When
words are
many, sin is
not absent,
but he
who holds
his tongue
is wise.
(Proverbs
10:19)21
Do not
pay
attention to
every word
people say.
(Ecclesiastes
7:21)22
Starting a
quarrel is
like
breaching a
dam;
so
drop the
matter
before a
dispute
breaks out.
(Proverbs
17:14)23
A
man's wisdom
gives him
patience;
it is
to his glory
to overlook
an offense.
(Proverbs
19:11)24
He who
loves a
quarrel
loves sin.
(Proverbs
17:19)25
As
charcoal to
embers and
as wood to
fire,
so is
a
quarrelsome
man for
kindling
strife.
(Proverbs
26:21)26
A
quarrelsome
wife is like
a constant
dripping.
(Proverbs
19:13)27
Better
to live in a
desert than
with a
quarrelsome
and
ill-tempered
wife.
(Proverbs
21:19)28
A
quarrelsome
wife is like
a constant
dripping on
a
rainy
day;
restraining
her is like
restraining
the
wind
or grasping
oil with the
hand.
(Proverbs
27:15-16)29
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It is
to a man's
honor to
avoid
strife.
(Proverbs
20:3)30
Better
a dry crust
with peace
and quiet
than a house
full
of feasting,
with strife.
(Proverbs
17:1)31
Don't
have
anything to
do with
foolish and
stupid
arguments,
because you
know they
produce
quarrels.
(2
Timothy
2:23)32
And
the Lord's
servant must
not quarrel;
instead,
he
must be kind
to everyone,
able
to teach,
not
resentful.
(2
Timothy
2:24)33
Do not
answer a
fool
according to
his folly,
or you
will be like
him
yourself.
(Proverbs
26:4)34
When I
was a child,
I talked
like a
child, I
thought like
a child,
I
reasoned
like a
child. When
I became a
man,
I put
childish
ways behind
me.
(1
Corinthians
13:11)35
Drive
out the
mocker, and
out goes
strife;
quarrels and
insults are
ended.
(Proverbs
22:10)36
Again,
anyone who
says to his
brother,
"Raca"
[worthless]
is
answerable
to the
Sanhedrin.
But anyone
who says,
"You
fool!" will
be in danger
of the fire
of hell.
(Matthew
5:22)37
He
[God] mocks
proud
mockers but
gives
grace to the
humble.
(Proverbs
3:34)38
A
mocker
resents
correction;
he will not
consult the
wise.
(Proverbs
15:12)39
Men
detest a
mocker.
(Proverbs
24:9)40
Do not
repay evil
with evil or
insult with
insult.
(1
Peter 3:9)41
Do not
answer a
fool
according to
his folly,
or you
will be like
him
yourself.
(Proverbs
26:4)42
A fool
shows his
annoyance at
once,
but a
prudent man
overlooks an
insult.
(Proverbs
12:16)43
You
shall not
misuse the
name of the
LORD your
God, for
theLORD will
not hold
anyone
guiltless
who misuses
his name.
(Exodus
20:7)44
But
now you must
rid
yourselves
of all such
things as
these:
anger,
rage,
malice,
slander, and
filthy
language
from your
lips.
(Colossians
3:8)45
Nor
should there
be
obscenity,
foolish talk
or coarse
joking,
which
are out of
place, but
rather
thanksgiving.
(Ephesians
5:4)46
He [God]
mocks proud
mockers but
gives grace
to the
humble.
(Proverbs
3:34)38
A mocker
resents
correction;
he will not
consult the
wise.
(Proverbs
15:12)39
Men detest a
mocker.
(Proverbs
24:9)40
Do not repay
evil with
evil or
insult with
insult.
(1 Peter
3:9)41
Do not
answer a
fool
according to
his folly,
or you will
be like him
yourself.
(Proverbs
26:4)42
A fool shows
his
annoyance at
once,
but a
prudent man
overlooks an
insult.
(Proverbs
12:16)43
You shall
not misuse
the name of
the LORD
your God,
for the LORD
will not
hold anyone
guiltless
who misuses
his name.
(Exodus
20:7)44
But now you
must rid
yourselves
of all such
things as
these:
anger, rage,
malice,
slander, and
filthy
language
from your
lips.
(Colossians
3:8)45
Nor should
there be
obscenity,
foolish talk
or coarse
joking,
which are
out of
place, but
rather
thanksgiving.
(Ephesians
5:4)46
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.
(Ephesians
4:29)47
If anyone
considers
himself
religious
and yet does
not keep a
tight rein
on his
tongue, he
deceives
himself and
his religion
is
worthless.
(James
1:26)48
The LORD
detests
lying lips,
but he
delights
in men who
are
truthful.
(Proverbs
12:22)49
Whoever of
you loves
life and
desires to
see many
good days,
keep your
tongue from
evil and
your lips
from
speaking
lies.
(Psalm
34:12-13)50
Do not lie.
Do not
deceive one
another.
(Leviticus
19:11)51
Keep me from
deceitful
ways.
(Psalm
119:29)52
You destroy
those who
tell lies;
bloodthirsty
and
deceitful
men the LORD
abhors.
(Psalm
5:6)53
No one who
practices
deceit will
dwell in my
house; no
one
who speaks
falsely will
stand in my
presence.
(Psalm
101:7)54
"You shall
not give
false
testimony
against your
neighbor.
(Exodus
20:16)55
Like a club
or a sword
or a sharp
arrow is the
man who
gives false
testimony
against his
neighbor.
(Proverbs
25:18)56
Therefore
each of you
must put off
falsehood
and speak
truthfully
to his
neighbor,
for we are
all members
of one body.
(Ephesians
4:25)57
For the LORD
your God
detests
anyone who
does these
things,
anyone who
deals
dishonestly.
(Deuteronomy
25:16)58
Food gained
by fraud
tastes sweet
to a man,
but he ends
up with a
mouth full
of gravel.
(Proverbs
20:17)59
A fortune
made by a
lying tongue
is a
fleeting
vapor
and a deadly
snare.
(Proverbs
21:6)60
Better to be
poor than a
liar.
(Proverbs
19:22)61
"Do not go
about
spreading
slander
among your
people."
"I am the
LORD."
(Leviticus
19:16)62
Whoever
slanders his
neighbor in
secret, him
will I put
to silence.
(Psalm
101:5)63
Whoever
spreads
slander is a
fool.
(Proverbs
10:18)64
A gossip
betrays a
confidence,
but a
trustworthy
man keeps a
secret.
(Proverbs
11:13)65
A gossip
betrays a
confidence;
so avoid a
man who
talks too
much.
(Proverbs
20:19)66
The words of
a gossip are
like choice
morsels;
they go down
to a man's
inmost
parts.
(Proverbs
18:8)67
A gossip
separates
close
friends.
(Proverbs
16:28)68
Without wood
a fire goes
out; without
gossip a
quarrel dies
down.
(Proverbs
26:20)69
Besides,
they [young
widowers]
get into the
habit of
being idle
and going
about from
house to
house.
And not only
do
they become
idlers, but
also gossips
and
busybodies,
saying
things they
ought not to
say.
(1 Timothy
5:13)70
Avoid
godless
chatter,
because
those who
indulge in
it
will become
more and
more
ungodly.
(2 Timothy
2:16)71
Be kind and
compassionate
to one
another,
forgiving
each other,
just as in
Christ God
forgave you.
(Ephesians
4:32)72
Bear with
each other
and forgive
whatever
grievances
you may have
against one
another.
Forgive as
the Lord
forgave you.
(Colossians
3:13)73
Love is
patient,
love is
kind...it
keeps no
record of
wrongs.
(1
Corinthians
13: 4-5)74
O LORD, do
not your
eyes look
for truth?
(Jeremiah
5:3)75
Surely you
desire truth
in the inner
parts; you
teach
me wisdom in
the inmost
place.
(Psalm
51:6)76
An honest
answer is
like a kiss
on the lips.
(Proverbs
24:26)77
Truthful
lips endure
forever, but
a lying
tongue
lasts only a
moment.
(Proverbs
12:19)78
Keep
falsehood
and lies far
from me.
(Proverbs
30:8)79
Keep me from
deceitful
ways.
(Psalm 119:
29)80
When he [the
devil] lies,
he speaks
his native
language,
for he is a
liar and the
father of
lies.
(John
8:44)81
Resist the
devil, and
he will flee
from you.
(James
4:7)82
A word aptly
spoken is
like apples
of gold
in settings
of silver
(Proverbs
25:11)83
Pleasant
words are a
honeycomb,
sweet to
the soul and
healing to
the bones.
(Proverbs
16:24)84
Pleasant
words
promote
instruction.
(Proverbs
16:21)85
I know that
there is
nothing
better for
men than to
be
happy and do
good while
they live.
(Ecclesiastes
3:12)86
But may the
righteous be
glad and
rejoice
before God;
may they be
happy and
joyful.
(Psalm
68:3)87
The cheerful
heart has a
continual
feast.
(Proverbs
15:15)88
A cheerful
heart is
good
medicine.
(Proverbs
17:22)89
Be joyful
always; pray
continually;
give thanks
in
all
circumstances,
for this is
God's
will for you
in Christ
Jesus.
(1
Thessalonians
5:16-18)90
But
encourage
one another
daily, as
long as it
is called
Today, so
that none of
you may be
hardened
by sin's
deceitfulness.
(Hebrews
3:13)91
Therefore
encourage
one another
and build
each other
up, just as
in fact you
are doing.
(1
Thessalonians
5:11)92
And let us
consider how
we may spur
one
another on
toward love
and good
deeds.
(Hebrews
10:24)93
The lips of
the
righteous
nourish
many.
(Proverbs
10:21)94
I have
hidden your
word in my
heart that
I might not
sin against
you.
(Psalm
119:11)95
The mouth of
the
righteous is
a fountain
of life.
(Proverbs
15:4)96
Remind the
people...to
slander no
one, to be
peaceable
and
considerate,
and show
true
humility
toward all
men.
(Titus
3:2)97
Finally, all
of you, live
in harmony
with one
another;
be
sympathetic,
love as
brothers,
be
compassionate
and humble.
(1 Peter
3:8)98
Whatever
happens,
conduct
yourselves
in a manner
worthy of
the gospel
of Christ.
(Philippians
1:27)99
Those who
walk
uprightly
enter into
peace.
(Isaiah
57:2)100
Then the
righteous
will shine
like the sun
in the
kingdom
of their
Father.
He who has
ears, let
him hear.
(Matthew
13:43)101
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