| If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?1 – They provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.2 |
| Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.3 |
| A whisperer separateth chief friends.4 – There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.5 – The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. … Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.6 |
| Put off … anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.7 – This is the will of God, even your sanctification.8 – In their mouth was found no guile.9 |
