What Does the Bible Say About The Words We Speak?

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

John 6:63 ESV / 6 helpful votes

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

1 Peter 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

James 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

James 1:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Romans 10:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 4:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

James 1:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Romans 4:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

As it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

Mark 11:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Proverbs 15:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Proverbs 6:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

James 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Hebrews 10:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

1 Timothy 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 18:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

46 Bible Verses about The Words We Speak

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 12:36 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:63 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Peter 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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James 1:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 4:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 4:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 11:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 6:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Timothy 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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