Bible Verses About Speaking: Folly In

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.