170 Bible Verses about Taming Your Tongue
Want to know what the Bible says about Taming Your Tongue? Here are 170 Bible verses about Taming Your Tongue from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Proverbs 26:20 NIV
Without wood a fire goes out;
without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
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James 3:2 NIV
We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
367
Colossians 4:6 NIV
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
352
Psalm 39:1 NIV
I said, “I will watch my ways
and keep my tongue from sin;
I will put a muzzle on my mouth
while in the presence of the wicked.”
and keep my tongue from sin;
I will put a muzzle on my mouth
while in the presence of the wicked.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:7 NIV
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
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James 3:5 NIV
Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
309
James 3:8 NIV
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
303
Psalm 19:14 NIV
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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Proverbs 10:18 NIV
Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
and spreads slander is a fool.
and spreads slander is a fool.
220
Proverbs 15:28 NIV
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers,
but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
215
Proverbs 31:26 NIV
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
199
James 3:6 NIV
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
182
Isaiah 54:17 NIV
no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,”
declares the Lord.
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,”
declares the Lord.
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Proverbs 17:27-28 NIV
27 The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,
and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.
and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.
28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
177
Matthew 12:34 NIV
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
173
James 3:1 NIV
Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
155
James 3:9 NIV
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.
135
Galatians 5:16 NIV
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
133
Proverbs 6:16-19 NIV
16 There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
seven that are detestable to him:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
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