Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps his soul from trouble.
Proud and haughty—scorner is his name,
who deals in proud wrath.
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you are sealed for the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and blasphemies, with all malice, be taken away from you.
But now you must also put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, and filthy language out of your mouth.
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you should answer everyone.
For
“He who would love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil,
and his lips from speaking deceit.