Sirach 23:12-133
12 There is a manner of speaking comparable to death;
may it never be found in the inheritance of Jacob!
Such conduct will be far from the godly,
and they will not wallow in sins.
Do not accustom your mouth to coarse, foul language, for it involves sinful
speech.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
Sirach 27:6
Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so a person’s
speech discloses the cultivation of his mind.
Sirach 32:12
Amuse yourself there to your heart’s content, but do not sin through proud
speech.
Ezekiel 35:12
You shall know that I, the Lord, have heard all the abusive speech that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.”
Sirach 18:18
A fool is ungracious and
abusive,
Zephaniah 3:9
At that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him with one accord.
Colossians 4:6
Let your
speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in
speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Titus 2:8
and sound
speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
Jude 1:16
These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their own lusts; they are
bombastic in speech, flattering people to their own advantage.