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Ye shall not, &c. lye one to another, Levit. 19. 11.
How forcible are right words? But what doth your arguing reprove? Job 6. 25. 26.
Ye are forgers of lyes, &c. O that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom, &c. Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk de∣ceitfully for him? Job 13. 4, 5, 7.
He who speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail, Job 17. 5.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit, Job 27. 4.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he, &c. He said, I am young, and ye very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew my opinion, Job 32. 4, 6.
I uttered that I understood not, things two wonderful for me, which I knew not, &c. wherefore I abhor, &c. Job 42. 3, 6.
Thou shalt destroy them who speak a lye, Psal. 5. 6.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak: the Lord will cut off all flattering lips, &c. who have said, With our tongue will we speak, our lips are our own, who is Lord over us? Psal. 12. 2, 3, 4.
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle, &c? he who speaketh the truth in his heart, he who backbiteth not with his tongue, Psal. 15. 1, 2, 3.
I am purposed, that my mouth shall not transgress, Psal. 17. 3.
What man is he who desireth life, &c. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile, Psal. 34. 12, 13.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment, Psal. 37. 30.
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me, Psal. 39. 1.
Thou gavest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue framed deceit: thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, &c. Psal. 50. 19, 20.
The wicked, &c. go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lyes, Psal. 58. 3.
The mouth of them who speak lyes, shall be stopped, Psal. 63. 11.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long, Psal. 71. 24.
It went ill with Moses for their sakes: because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips, Psal. 106. 32, 33.
I hate and abhor lying, Psal. 119. 163.
Put away from thee a froward mouth: and perverse lips put far from thee, Prov. 4. 24.
These six things doth the Lord hate, &c. a lying tongue, &c. a false wit∣ness, speaking lyes, Prov. 6. 16, 17, 19.
A prating fool shall fall: the mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, &c. in the lips of him who hath understanding, wisdom is found, &c. He who hi∣deth hatred with lying lips, and he who uttereth a slander, is a fool: in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin; but he who refraineth his lips is wise. The tongue of the just is as choice silver, &c. The lips of the righteous feed many, &c. the mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom, &c. the lips of the righteous knows what is acceptable, Prov. 10. 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 31, 32.
He who speaketh truth, sheweth forth righteousness, &c. lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they who deal truly are his delight, Prov. 12. 17, 22.
He who keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he who openeth wide his lips, shall have destruction, &c. a righteous man hateth lying, Prov. 13. 3, 5.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger: The tongue of the wise useth knowledg aright; but the mouth of fools poureth forth foolishness, &c. A wholsom tongue is a tree of life: but perversness therein is a breach in the spirit, &c. The lips of the wise disperseth knowledg, &c. A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is! The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wick∣ed poureth out evil things, Prov. 15. 1, 2, 4, 7, 23, 28.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings: and they love him who speaketh right, &c. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning unto his lips. Pleasant words are as an honey-comb, sweet to the soul, Prov. 16. 13, 23, 24.
Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a Prince, &c. He who hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief, &c. He who hath knowledg, spareth his words, &c. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace, is counted wife: He who shutteth his lips is a man of understanding, Prov. 17. 7, 20, 27, 28.
A fools lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes, &c. His mouth is his destruction, and his lips the snare of his soul, &c. The word of a tale-bearer (or, whisperer) are as wounds, &c. He who answereth a matter before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him, &c. Death and life is in the power of the tongue, &c. The rich man answereth roughly, Prov. 18. 6, 7, 8, 13, 21, 23.
He who speaketh lyes shall perish, &c. shall not escape, Prov. 19. 5, 9.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles, Prov. 21. 23.
A word fitly spoken, is like apples of gold in pictures of silver, Prov. 25. 11.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him: an∣swer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit, Prov. 26. 4, 5.
Let another man praise thee, not thine own mouth: a stranger, not thine own lips, Prov. 27. 2.
A fool uttereth all his mind, but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards, &c. Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him, Prov. 29. 11, 20.
Be not rash with thy mouth: and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God, &c. Let thy words be few, &c. for in many words also divers vani∣ties: but fear thou God, Eccl. 5. 2, 3, 7.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet, Eccl. 9. 17.
The words of a wise mans mouth are gracious (or, grace), &c. A fool also is full of words; a man cannot tell what shall be, Eccl. 10. 12, 14.
I hearkned and heard, they spake not aright, &c. Jer. 8. 6.
They bent their tongue like their bow, for lyes: but are not valiant for the truth, &c. will not speak the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lyes, &c. Their tongue is an arrow shot out, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, in his heart he layeth in wait, Jer. 9. 3, 5, 8.
The Lord hath a controversie, &c. because there is no truth, &c. by swearing and lying, &c. Hosea 4. 1, 2.
The prudent shall keep silence in that day: for it is an evil time, Amos 5. 13.
Keep the dores of thy mouth from her who lieth in thy bosom, Micah 7. 5.
Speak ye every man truth to his neighbour, Zech. 8. 16.
How can ye being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth evil things: But I say unto you, That every idle word which men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment; for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned, Mat. 12. 34, 35, 36, 37.
Those things which proceed out of the mouth, cometh forth from the heart, and they defile the man, Mat. 15. 18.
And all wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; Luke 4. 22.
Peter (too rashly) said unto Christ, Thou shalt never wash my feet, Joh. 13. 8.
Bless, and curse not, Rom. 12. 14.
In the Church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue, &c. It is a shame for a woman to speak in the Church, 1 Cor. 14. 19, 35.
Evil communication corrupt good manners, 1 Cor. 15. 33.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour, &c. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying (or, to edifie profitable), that it may minister grace unto the hearers: and grieve not the holy Spirit of God, &c. Let all bitterness, &c. and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away, Eph. 4. 25, 29, 30, 31.
But fornication, &c. let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh Saints; neither filthy nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient, Eph. 5. 3, 4.
But now also put off all these, &c. blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth: lye not one to another, &c. Col. 3. 8, 9.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how ye ought to answer every man, Col. 4. 6.
Neither give heed to fables, &c. which minister questions rather than godly edifying, 1 Tim. 1. 4.
They learn to be idle, &c. and not only idle, but tatlers also, and busie-bodies, speaking things which they ought not, 1 Tim. 5. 13.
Doting about questions, and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, rail∣ing, &c. perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, &c. 1 Tim. 6. 4, 5.
Charging them before the Lord, that they strive not about words to no profit, to the subverting of the hearers, &c. Shun prophane and vain bablings, for they will increase unto more ungodliness; and their word will eat as doth a canker, &c. but foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes, 2 Tim. 2. 14, 16, 17, 23.
In all things shew thy self a pattern, &c. sound speech which cannot be condemn∣ed; that he who is of the contrary party may be ashamed, Titus 2. 7, 8.
Speak evil of no man: to be no brawler, &c. Titus 3. 2.
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, &c. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart; this mans religion is vain, James 1. 19, 26.
If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold we put bits in horses mouths, &c. The ships though great, &c. yet are they turned about with a small helm whithersoever the governour list∣eth: so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things, &c. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it de∣fileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beast, &c. hath been tamed of man; but the tongue can no man tame: an unruly evil full of deadly poyson: Therewith bless we God, even the Father: and therewith curse we men, &c. out of the same mouth proceed bles∣sings and cursings: My brethren, these things ought not so to be, James 3. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Speak not evil one of another brethren: for whoso speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, James 4. 11.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, &c. and evil speaking, 1 Pet. 2. 1.
Not rendring, &c. railing for railing; but contrariwise blessing, &c. He who would love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile, 1 Pet. 3. 9, 10.
But these as natural bruit beasts, &c. speak evil of the things they under∣stand not, 2 Pet. 2. 12.
The Lord, &c. to convince all, &c. of all their hard speeches which ungodly, &c. have spoken against me, Jude, verse 14. 15.
All lyars shall have their part in the lake which burneth, &c. and there shall in no wise enter in, &c. whosoever worketh, &c. and maketh a lye, Rev. 21. 8, 27.
Without are dogs, &c. and whatsoever loveth and maketh a lye, Rev. 22. 15.