Jeremiah, from one Christian to another....here some advice for you...coming from God, To YOU, Miss Gossip, Miss Innuendo, Miss Slander.... You have way too many threads started, of simply gossip and chatter for ill will... is this truly representing Christians or followers of Christ?
Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 997 helpful votes
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.
Matthew 15:18 ESV / 794 helpful votes
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 751 helpful votes
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Matthew 12:36 ESV / 625 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 542 helpful votes
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Matthew 12:37 ESV / 403 helpful votes
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Colossians 3:8 ESV / 390 helpful votes
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 372 helpful votes
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 369 helpful votes
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 365 helpful votes
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
James 1:26 ESV / 308 helpful votes
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
Psalm 19:14 ESV / 303 helpful votes
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
James 3:1-12 ESV / 268 helpful votes
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 247 helpful votes
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 228 helpful votes
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 206 helpful votes
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 193 helpful votes
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
Luke 6:45 ESV / 181 helpful votes
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 164 helpful votes
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 162 helpful votes
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Romans 12:14 ESV / 152 helpful votes
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
John 1:1 ESV / 149 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Colossians 4:6 ESV / 148 helpful votes
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Proverbs 16:23-24 ESV / 136 helpful votes
The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 11:12 ESV / 125 helpful votes
Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
Proverbs 27:2 ESV / 122 helpful votes
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 119 helpful votes
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 118 helpful votes
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 113 helpful votes
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
John 8:31-32 ESV / 105 helpful votes
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Matthew 12:34 ESV / 103 helpful votes
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs 18:20 ESV / 99 helpful votes
From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
Romans 10:8 ESV / 97 helpful votes
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);
Isaiah 54:17 ESV / 96 helpful votes
No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
James 3:6 ESV / 93 helpful votes
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Psalm 141:3 ESV / 93 helpful votes
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
Leviticus 19:16-17 ESV / 30 helpful votes
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord. “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.