Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About power of the tongue
18 key scriptures
Discover 18 powerful Bible verses about power of the tongue. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential character & virtues topic.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 18:21 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” |
18 Key Scriptures
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
“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
“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”
“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
Psalms 141:3KJV
“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”
“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
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
“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”
“But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”
James 3:8KJV
“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. strength: Heb. rock”
Psalms 19:14KJV
“He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”
“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. course: Gr. wheel”
James 3:6KJV
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
James 1:19KJV
“I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. in distress: Heb. out of distress”
Psalms 118:5KJV
“The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.”
“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.”
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