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Ps 139:12
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A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
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Prov 6:17
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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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Prov 6:24
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That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
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Prov 8:13
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The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
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Prov 10:20
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The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
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Prov 10:31
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The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.
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Prov 12:18
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There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Prov 12:19
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The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.
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Prov 15:2
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The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
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Prov 15:4
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A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
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Prov 16:1
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It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.
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Prov 17:4
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The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.
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Prov 17:20
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He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.
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Prov 18:21
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
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Prov 21:6
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He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.
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Prov 21:23
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He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from distress.
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Prov 25:15
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By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.
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Prov 25:23
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The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
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Prov 26:28
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A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
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Prov 28:23
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He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.
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Prov 31:26
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She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.
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Cant 4:11
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Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments, as the smell of frankincense.
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Wis 1:6
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For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
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Wis 1:11
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Keep yourselves therefore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul.
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Eccli 4:29
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For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.
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Eccli 4:34
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Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.
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Eccli 5:11
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Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.
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Eccli 5:15
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Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.
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Eccli 5:16
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Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
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Eccli 6:5
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A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.
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Eccli 8:4
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Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
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Eccli 9:25
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A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.
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Eccli 17:5
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He created of him a helpmate like to himself: he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.
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Eccli 19:16
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And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.
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Eccli 19:17
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For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him.
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Eccli 20:18
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For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!
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Eccli 20:20
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The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
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Eccli 21:8
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He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him.
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Eccli 22:33
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Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?
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Eccli 25:9
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Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue.
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Eccli 25:11
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Blessed is he that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him.
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Eccli 25:27
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As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.
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Eccli 26:9
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With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
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Eccli 28:13
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A hasty contention kindleth a fire: and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood: and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death.
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Eccli 28:16
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The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.
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Eccli 28:19
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The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.
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Eccli 28:21
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The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
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Eccli 28:22
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Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.
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Eccli 28:23
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Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.
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Eccli 28:28
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Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.
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