Our Speech

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.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

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

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.

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

He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

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

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