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Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.
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Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver.Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold Is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.
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Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
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Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.
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Colossians 3:16
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.
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Proverbs 16:21-23
The wise in heart will be called prudent, And sweetness of the lips increases learning.Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it. But the correction of fools is folly.The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, And adds learning to his lips.
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Psalms 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice.The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.
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Proverbs 15:23
A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
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Matthew 13:52
Then He said to them,“ Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
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Matthew 12:34
Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are,“ Lie in wait for blood,” But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
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Proverbs 12:17-19
He who speaks truth declares righteousness, But a false witness, deceit.There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.