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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Matthew 12:36-37 NIV
36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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Proverbs 1:7 NIV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Proverbs 25:15 NIV
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
103
Proverbs 29:20 NIV
Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
There is more hope for a fool than for them.
There is more hope for a fool than for them.
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Psalm 15:3 NIV
whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
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Revelation 21:8 NIV
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars —they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
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Luke 8:13-16 NIV
13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.
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Proverbs 25:23 NIV
Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.
is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.
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Psalm 51:6 NIV
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
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James 3:13 NIV
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
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