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Epheser 4:29
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. (niv)
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Matthäus 12:35-37
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” (niv)
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Kolosser 4:6
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. (niv)
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Sprüche 10:19-21
Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense. (niv)
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Jakobus 3:6-9
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind,but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. (niv)
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Sprüche 10:31
From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced. (niv)
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Sprüche 13:2-3
From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. (niv)
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Sprüche 18:4-7
The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives. (niv)
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Prediger 10:12-14
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness—and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming— who can tell someone else what will happen after them? (niv)
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Sprüche 12:13
Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble. (niv)
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Sprüche 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives. (niv)
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Jesaja 57:19
creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord.“ And I will heal them.” (niv)
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Römer 10:14-15
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written:“ How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (niv)
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2 Petrus 2 18
For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. (niv)
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2 Korinther 11 15
It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. (niv)
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Titus 1:10-11
For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach— and that for the sake of dishonest gain. (niv)
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2 Korinther 2 16
To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? (niv)
