Those who guard their mouths and their tongues
keep themselves from calamity.
The proud and arrogant person – ‘Mocker’ is his name –
behaves with insolent fury.
Do not be misled: ‘Bad company corrupts good character.’
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
For,
‘Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.