Proverbs 10:11

¹⁴The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

²⁹Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

⁶Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

⁴The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

²⁰The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. ²¹The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

⁵So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! ⁶And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.^7[+] For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind; ⁸but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

⁷The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice. ³¹The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

¹⁵There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

³⁴You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. ³⁵The good man out of his good treasure^[+] brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things. ³⁶I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”