Bible Verses About Caution in Communication

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Be 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.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

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

But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.