This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Communication (ESV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
29 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.
15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips!
6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
18 There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion.
16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
13 If one gives an answer before he hears,
it is his folly and shame.
11 A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
12 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.
19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
23 The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious
and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
9 Then the LORD put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me,
“Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but a faithful envoy brings healing.
15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
20 From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;
he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.