To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!
How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
From the fruit of the mouth one is filled with good things, and manual labor has its reward.
Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.
Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.
Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves those who speak what is right.
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
One who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips.
For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:
The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.
The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him.
Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.