10. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.
Psalm XII, 3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Prov. XIII, 3. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Prov. XVIII, 13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
James I, 26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
4. Slander Condemned.
Psalm CI, 5. Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Psalm XXXI, 13. For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Prov. X, 18. He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.