Top 25 Bible Verses About Harsh Words (KJV)

1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27 Neither give place to the devil.

19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.