Bible Verses about “talking”
The Bible contains 10 verses about talking across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›”
“‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›”
“‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›”
“¶ 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.”
“¶ He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”
“¶ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.”
“‹But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.›”
“¶ To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.”