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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy Chapter 6: Verse 7
Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.
Job Chapter 32: Verse 4
I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know.
Job Chapter 32: Verse 17
Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs Chapter 23: Verse 9
If you argue your case with a neighbor, do not betray another man's confidence,
Proverbs Chapter 25: Verse 9
A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs Chapter 25: Verse 11
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Isaiah Chapter 1: Verse 18
The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.
Isaiah Chapter 50: Verse 4
Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.
Malachi Chapter 3: Verse 16
Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.An Eye for an Eye
Matthew Chapter 5: Verse 37
But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Matthew Chapter 12: Verse 36
"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
Matthew Chapter 18: Verses 15 - 17
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?
Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?
Acts Chapter 2: Verses 4 - 8
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church.
For this reason anyone who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret what he says.
1 Corinthians Chapter 14: Verses 9 - 13
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
1 Corinthians Chapter 14: Verses 18 - 19
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.
Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 29
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.Final Greetings
Colossians Chapter 4: Verse 6
Above all, my brothers, do not swear,not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.The Prayer of Faith
James Chapter 5: Verse 12
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