Bible Verses About the power of the tongue

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

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

“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”

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

“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.”

“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”

“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”

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

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

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

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

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

“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:”