Bible Quotes About Tame Your Tongue

“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.”

“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”

“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”

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

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

“A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A wholesome: Heb. The healing of the tongue”

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”

“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”

“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”

“Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.”

“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. to: or, to edify profitably”

“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.”

“My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. condemnation: or, judgment”

“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! a matter: or, wood”

“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”