Bible Verses About Harsh Words
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for harsh words, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,043 votes, led by Proverbs 15:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Harsh Words
Proverbs 15:1320 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ephesians 4:29198 votes
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.
Proverbs 29:11157 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 12:18134 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
James 1:19-20129 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ephesians 4:3193 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Proverbs 15:1890 votes
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
James 1:2081 votes
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Psalms 37:877 votes
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Colossians 3:875 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Ephesians 4:3263 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians 4:26-2762 votes
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
James 1:1954 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Matthew 5:21-2253 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
James 1:2652 votes
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.
James 3:5-1251 votes
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Matthew 5:43-4850 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Hebrews 12:1446 votes
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Proverbs 15:444 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Romans 12:2143 votes
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Ephesians 4:1541 votes
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
1 Corinthians 10:3139 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Romans 12:138 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Proverbs 25:1536 votes
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Matthew 12:3634 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
What does the Bible say about harsh words?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 15:1 on the subject of harsh words. Across 3,043 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 29:11, Proverbs 12:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.