Guard Your Words
Watch your heart, say, think and speak what you want to see
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Below you'll find biblical wisdom about Guard Your Words for business and life. Each proverb includes scripture references. Click "Show Scripture" to expand and read the full text from the English Standard Version.
Biblical Wisdom
These are biblical principles about guard your words, drawn from the book of Proverbs and other Scriptures.
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 13:2-3 (ESV)
2 From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. 3 Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
Proverbs 16:1-3 (ESV)
1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. 3 Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:9 (ESV)
9 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
Proverbs 16:24 (ESV)
24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (ESV)
22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18:12 (ESV)
12 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 18:20-21 (ESV)
20 From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.