Bible Verses About The Tongue & Our Words

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

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.

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

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.