Eph 4:29, Col 4:6, Tit 1:10-11, Jam 3:6-9, 2Pe 2:18 | ESV | STEP | Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths , but only such as is good for building up , as fits the occasion , that it may give grace to those who hear .

Ephesians 4:29

29 ^aLet no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give ^bgrace to those who hear.

Colossians 4:6

6 Let your speech always ^cbe gracious, ^dseasoned with salt, ^eso that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Titus 1:10-11

10 For there are many who are insubordinate, ^fempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of ^gthe circumcision party. ^{▼▼Or especially those of the circumcision} 11 They must be silenced, since ⁱthey are upsetting whole families by teaching ^jfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

James 3:6-9

6 And ^kthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^lstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna} 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, ^ofull of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people ^pwho are made in the likeness of God.

2 Peter 2:18

18 For, ^qspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^rescaping from those who live in error.