Colossians 4:6  (King James Version)

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

 

Proverbs 25:11 (English Standard Version)

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. 

 

Ecclesiastes 10:12 (The New American Standard Bible)

Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

 

Matthew 12:34 (English Standard Version)

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.  35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 

 

Luke 4:22 (English Standard Version)

And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? 

 

Ephesians 4:29 (English Standard Version)

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. 

 

Lord, forgive me for speaking that which is not gracious or edifying. Teach me to think before I speak. More than that, cleanse the source and make me gracious inside so that my speech will be gracious. Give me perspective on the things on which I cannot seem to get your perspective, so that I may know how to think as I ought and speak what I should. Amen.