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 21:23 NIV
Those who guard their mouths and their tongues
keep themselves from calamity.
keep themselves from calamity.
2303
Ephesians 4:29 NIV
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
2063
Proverbs 15:1 NIV
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
1523
James 1:26 NIV
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
1379
Psalm 141:3 NIV
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
keep watch over the door of my lips.
1359
Proverbs 12:18 NIV
The words of the reckless pierce like swords,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
1265
1159
Proverbs 18:21 NIV
The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
1013
1 Peter 3:10 NIV
For,
“Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
948
Proverbs 17:28 NIV
Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
940
Proverbs 15:4 NIV
The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
879
Matthew 15:11 NIV
What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
693
James 3:10 NIV
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
637
Proverbs 10:19 NIV
Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.
but the prudent hold their tongues.
626
Titus 3:2 NIV
to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
576
Psalm 52:2 NIV
You who practice deceit,
your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor.
your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor.
481
Proverbs 17:9 NIV
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
436
399
Psalm 37:30 NIV
The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,
and their tongues speak what is just.
and their tongues speak what is just.
388
James 1:19-20 NIV
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
373
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