Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 13:3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 17:27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 18:2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 21:23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 29:20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 30:32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Ecclesiastes 9:17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
2 Timothy 2:16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.