“Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.”  Psalm 141:3

In this day when people just open their mouths and out come some of the most vile things, we as God’s people must be cautious as we are His set-apart ones. 

Verse 4 goes on to say,
“Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.”

Let’s see what Scripture has to tell us of divine restraints for the tongue--

“Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking guile,
Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.”  Psalm 34:11-14 

“He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.”  Proverbs 13:3

“Whoever guards his mouth and tongue
Keeps his soul from troubles.”  Proverbs 21:23

James 1:26 tells us,
“If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.”

Read  1 Peter 3:10-12, it is almost a direct quote of the Psalm of 
David 34:11-14.

We see in Scriptures concerning the mouth and tongue--
David’s Psalm 19:14 says,
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD my strength and my redeemer.”

David again in Psalm 39:1,
“I said, ‘I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my tongue;
I wi8ll restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.’”

Ephesians 4:29, as a new man in Christ,
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”

In Colossians 3:8 Scripture tells us that since you have put off the old man,
“But now you must also put off all these: anger, wrath, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.”

Oh Lord please guide us in the power of the Holy Spirit to stop before we speak so as Believers we listen more and speak less.  And what we have to say is that of Ephesians 3:8!  So that all we say and do is pleasing You most Holy God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen