Idle Talk

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin. …

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.