Wisdom Principles-Restrain Your Speech

1 Samuel 2:3
Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.

Job 13:5
O that you would be completely silent, and that it would become your wisdom!

Psalm 12:3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

Psalm 17:3
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Proverbs 10:19
When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 11:12
A man of understanding keeps silent.

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Proverbs 13:3
The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Proverbs 17:27
He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

Proverbs 21:23
He who guards his mouth and his tongue, guards his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.

²Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God for God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.

³For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.

Ecclesiastes 10:13-14
… the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.  14Yet the fool multiplies words

Wisdom 1:11
Therefore guard against profitless grumbling, and from calumny withhold your tongues; for a stealthy utterance does not go unpunished, and a lying mouth slays the soul.

Sirach 5:12
If you know what to say, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand over your mouth.

Sirach 7:14
Do not babble in the assembly of the elders, and do not repeat yourself when you pray.

Sirach 20:5-7
Some people keep silent and are thought to be wise, while others are detested for being talkative. 

⁶Some people keep silent because they have nothing to say, while others keep silent because they know when to speak.
⁷The wise remain silent until the right moment, but a boasting fool misses the right moment.

Sirach 21:16
A fool’s chatter is like a burden on a journey, but delight is found in the speech of the intelligent.

Sirach 21:25
The lips of babblers speak of what is not their concern, but the words of the prudent are weighed in the balance.

Sirach 21:26
The mind of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their mind. 

Sirach 22:27
Who will set a guard over my mouth, and an effective seal upon my lips, 

so that I may not fall because of them, and my tongue may not destroy me?

Sirach 27:4
When a sieve is shaken, the refuse appears; so do a person’s faults when he speaks.

Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth.

Matthew 5:37
Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

Philippians 2:14
Do everything without complaining or arguing.

James 1:19
Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger

James 1:26
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.