50 Bible Verses About the Tongue

“He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.”

“For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.”

“That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?”

“For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.”

“His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.”

“May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,”

“who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?””

“Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.”

“My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.”

“The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.”

“I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.””

““You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.”

“who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,”

“My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.”

“Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.”

“They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.”

“Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.”

“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;”

“Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.”

“For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.”

“In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.”

“The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.”

“The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.”

“There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.”

“By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.”

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

“The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.”

“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.”

“The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.”

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.”

“Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.”

“A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.”

“She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.”

“Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.”

“The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written blamelessly, words of truth.”

“For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.”

“Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.”

“You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”

“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.”

“covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.”

““Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.”Psalm 5:9 “The poison of vipers is under their lips”;Psalm 140:3”

““whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”Psalm 10:7”

“Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.”

“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.”

“but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.”

“So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!”

“And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.or, Hell”

“but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”

“Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,”

“For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.”