A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}

Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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. {to...: or, to edify profitably}

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

The tongue of the just {is as} choice silver: the heart of the wicked {is} little worth.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word {spoken} in due season, how good {is it}! {due...: Heb. his season}

The words of the wicked {are} to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

{He that} speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe {which is} instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man {that is} an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure {things} new and old.

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

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {have...: or, do wisely}

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart {shall be} of understanding.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe {which is} instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man {that is} an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure {things} new and old.

For {there is} not a word in my tongue, {but}, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard {it}, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. {language: Heb. lip} {consent: Heb. shoulder}

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

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and {of} a good conscience, and {of} faith unfeigned:

[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.] My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue {is} the pen of a ready writer. {Maschil: or, of instruction} {is inditing: Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up}

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these {are things} that I hate, saith the LORD.

Shall not they teach thee, {and} tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.

Thy lips {are} like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech {is} comely: thy temples {are} like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}