Bible Quotes About Talking Too Much

“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.”

“He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”

“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.”

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

“He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. an: or, a cool”

“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”

“A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.”

“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.”

“Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. words: or, matters?”

“If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.”

“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. thing: or, word”

“For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.”

“The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.”

“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”

“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”