15 Bible Verses About Guard Your Mouth

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.