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 11:9 NIV
With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
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Proverbs 25:28 NIV
Like a city whose walls are broken through
is a person who lacks self-control.
is a person who lacks self-control.
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James 3:3 NIV
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
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Colossians 3:7-8 NIV
7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
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Proverbs 15:23 NIV
A person finds joy in giving an apt reply —
and how good is a timely word!
and how good is a timely word!
75
Job 13:10 NIV
He would surely call you to account
if you secretly showed partiality.
if you secretly showed partiality.
74
Proverbs 26:27-28 NIV
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;
if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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Titus 2:3-5 NIV
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
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James 1:21 NIV
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
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John 13:35 NIV
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
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