Top 25 Bible Verses About Our Speech (NIV)

²⁹ Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

⁶ Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

¹¹ What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.'"

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

¹ A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. ² The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.

⁴ The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

²³ He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.

²⁴ Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

⁴ Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

³⁶ But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

¹⁹ My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,

²⁶ If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

²⁸ Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

²¹ The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

²⁰ From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. ²¹ The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

¹⁴ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

⁹ With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.

³ He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.

¹ A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

⁴⁵ The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

²⁷ A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered.

¹⁹ When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.

³⁶ But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. ³⁷ For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."

² Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. ³ As a dream comes when there are many cares, so the speech of a fool when there are many words. ⁴ When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

¹⁸ Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.