1. Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up”
2. Colossians 3:8 “But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.”
3. James 3:10 “From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
4. Proverbs 4:24 “Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.”
5. Proverbs 15:4 “A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.”
6. Psalm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord”
7. Matthew 12:36 “I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak.”
8. Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue”
9. Ephesians 5:4 “Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place”
10. James 1:26 “If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue… this person’s religion is worthless.”