7 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.
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will eat what it produces.
In the same way the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Look how small a flame can set so large a forest on fire! And the tongue is a fire. It takes its place among the parts of our body as a world of wrongdoing: it stains the whole body, it sets the whole course of life on fire, and it is itself set on fire by hell.
Thoughtless words cut like a sword, but what the wise say heals.
Kind words are a tree of life, but a twisted tongue crushes the spirit.
And I tell you this: every idle word people speak is a word they will have to answer for on judgment day. Your own words will declare you innocent, or your own words will condemn you.”
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Whoever watches their mouth and tongue keeps themselves out of trouble.