The Mouth

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.

Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!

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

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

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

…but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.