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Bible Verses About harsh words

16 key scriptures

What does the Bible say about harsh words? Browse 16 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Proverbs 15:1
King James (KJV)A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

16 Key Scriptures

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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.
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: by: or, to
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
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

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