Top 25 Bible Verses About Our Speech (ESV)

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.

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

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

3   Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
    keep watch over the door of my lips!

15:1   A soft answer turns away wrath,
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.
2   The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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

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

24   Gracious words are like a honeycomb,
    sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

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

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

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

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

28   Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
    when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

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

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.

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.

9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

3   Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

15:1   A soft answer turns away wrath,
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.

45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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

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

36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

2  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. 3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.

4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

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