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.
371
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.”
348
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,
329
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.
251
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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
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