Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About our tongue
17 key scriptures
Discover 17 powerful Bible verses about our tongue. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential character & virtues topic.
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| Translation | Key Verse: James 3:8 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” |
17 Key Scriptures
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
James 3:8KJV
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”
“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”
“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”
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
“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.”
James 1:26KJV
“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”
“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto: Heb. of his soul”
“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:”
1 Peter 3:10KJV
“To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. my mouth: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth”
Psalms 39:1KJV
“My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. condemnation: or, judgment”
James 3:1KJV
“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. Raca: that is, Vain fellow”
Matthew 5:22KJV
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. unpunished: Heb. held innocent”
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12KJV
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
Luke 6:45KJV
“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”
1 Peter 2:1KJV
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