A person's words can be a source of wisdom, deep as the ocean, fresh as a flowing stream.

When some fool starts an argument, he is asking for a beating.

A good person's words are like pure silver; a wicked person's ideas are worthless.

A good person's words will benefit many people, but you can kill yourself with stupidity.

Righteous people speak wisdom, but the tongue that speaks evil will be stopped.

Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away.

A good person brings good things out of a treasure of good things; a bad person brings bad things out of a treasure of bad things.

Your words will be used to judge you---to declare you either innocent or guilty."

But how can they call to him for help if they have not believed? And how can they believe if they have not heard the message? And how can they hear if the message is not proclaimed?

And how can the message be proclaimed if the messengers are not sent out? As the scripture says, "How wonderful is the coming of messengers who bring good news!"

For those who are being lost, it is a deadly stench that kills; but for those who are being saved, it is a fragrance that brings life. Who, then, is capable for such a task?

So it is no great thing if his servants disguise themselves to look like servants of righteousness. In the end they will get exactly what their actions deserve.

Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you.

Your speech should always be pleasant and interesting, and you should know how to give the right answer to everyone.

For there are many, especially the converts from Judaism, who rebel and deceive others with their nonsense.

It is necessary to stop their talk, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching what they should not, and all for the shameful purpose of making money.

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself.

But no one has ever been able to tame the tongue. It is evil and uncontrollable, full of deadly poison.

They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.

The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin. If you are wise, you will keep quiet.

What the wise say brings them honor, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

A fool talks on and on. No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.

I offer peace to all, both near and far! I will heal my people.