Bible Verses About Tongue

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:

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

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

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.

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

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 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.

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

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

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

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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.

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 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.

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

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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

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.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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:

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.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.