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

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. {comfort: or, exhort}

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

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

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same {is} a perfect man, {and} able also to bridle the whole body.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. {poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth}

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to {him that is} weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word {spoken} in due season, how good {is it}! {due...: Heb. his season}

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by {your} good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. {whereas: or, wherein}

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

For {there is} no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part {is} very wickedness; their throat {is} an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. {faithfulness: or, stedfastness} {their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them} {very...: Heb. wickednesses}

Their throat {is} an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps {is} under their lips:

Likewise, ye wives, {be} in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. {after...: or, to speak after the manner of men}

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard {it}, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. {have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart}

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that {by my voice} I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an {unknown} tongue.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty {and} two months. {to continue: or, to make war}

We will not hide {them} from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

For when they speak great swelling {words} of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, {through much} wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. {clean: or, for a little, or, a while, as some read}

Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. {comfort: or, exhort}

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {have...: or, do wisely}

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

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

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue {is} the law of kindness.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. {expedient: or, profitable}

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word {spoken} in due season, how good {is it}! {due...: Heb. his season}

If any man speak, {let him speak} as the oracles of God; if any man minister, {let him do it} as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments {are} righteousness.

For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. {language: Heb. lip} {consent: Heb. shoulder}

Therefore, as ye abound in every {thing, in} faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and {in} all diligence, and {in} your love to us, {see} that ye abound in this grace also.

Salt {is} good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men {to} edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.

Thy lips {are} like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech {is} comely: thy temples {are} like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth {down} sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. {sweetly: Heb. straightly} {of those...: or, of the ancient}

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: