1. Prov 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

2. James 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. Teachers in local churches

3. James 3:2 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. “to cause to stumble.”

4. James 3:3-4 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor lists.

5. James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things…

6. “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of thy mouth” (Eph. 4:29) Ps 39:1 I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth…(Psa. 39:1)

7. James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles! “a forest.”

8. James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

9. James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

10. Ps 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

11. James 3:7-8 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

12. Matt 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Denote that which is careless or useless; Thayer: “things from which no profit is derived.”

13. rue Prov 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

14. rue Eph 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

15. rue Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.

16. rue Rev 21:8 … and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

17. rue elpful Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good…

18. rue elpful Eph 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the USE OF EDIFYING, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. nspiring

19. rue elpful nspiring 1 Thess. 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another…

20. rue elpful nspiring 1 Cor. 14:26 Let all things be done unto edifying.

21. rue elpful nspiring Heb 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.

22. rue elpful Calvin Coolidge: “I have never been hurt by anything I did not say.” nspiring ecessary

23. rue elpful Abraham Lincoln: “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” nspiring ecessary

24. rue elpful Prov 10:19 When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. nspiring ecessary

25. rue elpful James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. nspiring ecessary

26. rue elpful nspiring ecessary ind 1 Cor 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up.

27. rue elpful nspiring ecessary ind Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tender- hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

28. RUE ELPFUL NSPIRING ECESSARY IND BY GOSSIP BY CURSING BY LYING BY BEING FLIPPANT BY PLAYING TOO MUCH BY BEING SARCASTIC BY INAPPROPRIATE JOKES BY TALKING TOO MUCH

29. James 3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

30. Prov 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

31. Prov 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

32. James 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

33. James 3:11-12 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

34. Luke 6:43-45 For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes...

35. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

36. James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.