Bible Verses about “unkind words”

“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.”

“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:”

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

“Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“‹A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.›”

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

“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”