Quotes About Speech

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.

For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.

To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.