Mouths

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.

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

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

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.