Character & Virtues

Bible Verses About unkind words

15 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about unkind words. This collection of 15 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Ephesians 4:29
King James (KJV)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

15 Key Scriptures

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.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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 speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: speaking: or, being sincere

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