Bible Verses about “power of the tongue”

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”

“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”

“¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

“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.”

“‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›”

“¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”

“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:”

“‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›”

“And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”

“But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”

“¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.”

“¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.”

“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”

“¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”

“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”

“¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.”

“I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place.”

“¶ The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.”