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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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James 1:19 NIV
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
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Job 27:4 NIV
my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.
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Psalm 12:4 NIV
those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
121
Psalm 35:28 NIV
My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,
    your praises all day long.
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Matthew 12:36 NIV
But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
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Proverbs 10:31 NIV
From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,
    but a perverse tongue will be silenced.
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Matthew 15:18 NIV
But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
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Psalm 139:4 NIV
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.
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Romans 3:13 NIV
“Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
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Psalm 119:171-173 NIV
171 May my lips overflow with praise,
    for you teach me your decrees.
172 May my tongue sing of your word,
    for all your commands are righteous.
173 May your hand be ready to help me,
    for I have chosen your precepts.
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