Proverbs 18:21:
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit."
Ephesians 4:29:
"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers."
Proverbs 17:9:
"He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates friends."
Proverbs 20:19:
"He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips."
Psalm 34:13-14:
"Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.
Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it."
Proverbs 16:28:
"A perverse man sows strife,
And a whisperer separates the best of friends."
James 1:26:
"If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless."
Proverbs 18:13
"He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him."
Proverbs 18:17:
"The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him."
James 4:6b:
"God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble."
Proverbs 18:8:
"The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
And they go down into the inmost body."
Psalm 141:3:
"Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips."
Proverbs 26:20:
"Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases."
James 4:11:
"Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge."
Proverbs 11:9:
"The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered."
Matthew 18:15-18:
“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
“But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’
“And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector."
Matthew 18:21-22:
"Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven."
Matthew 6:14-15:
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
Galatians 5:13-17:
"For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish."
