Bible Verses About The Power of the Tongue

7 Bible verses about The Power of the Tongue to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.

Proverbs 18:21

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

James 3:5-6

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

Matthew 12:36-37

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

James 3:8

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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