Proverbs 12:18

18 aThere is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings bhealing.

Proverbs 26:4-5

4 cAnswer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
5 dAnswer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be ewise in his own eyes.

Jeremiah 23:29

29 fIs not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and glike a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

John 7:46

46The officers answered, h“No one ever spoke like this man!”

1 Corinthians 14:24-25

24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, 25 ithe secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, jfalling on his face, he will worship God and kdeclare that God is really among you.

Colossians 4:6

6Let your speech always lbe gracious, mseasoned with salt, nso that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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