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Job 13:5
If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Job 16:3, 4
Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying? / I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Job 38:2
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
Proverbs 10:14
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
Proverbs 12:23
A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 14:3
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Proverbs 15:2, 7, 14
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly. / The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools. / A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 18:6, 7, 13
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. / A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. / He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
Proverbs 26:4, 7, 9
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. / Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. / Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 29:11, 20
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back. / Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 30:10
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
Ecclesiastes 5:3, 7
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words. / For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
Ecclesiastes 10:13, 14
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness. / Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Matthew 12:36, 37
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. / For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Ephesians 5:4
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.