Bible Verses About Our Speech
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our speech, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 16,444 votes, led by Ephesians 4:29. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Our Speech
Ephesians 4:29976 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.
Colossians 4:6667 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Matthew 15:11499 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Psalms 141:3470 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 15:1-2422 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 15:4420 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 21:23401 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 16:24383 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Ephesians 5:4357 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Matthew 12:36347 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
James 1:19335 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 1:26303 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.
Proverbs 18:21291 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 17:28282 votes
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Psalms 19:14254 votes
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Proverbs 18:20-21242 votes
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Proverbs 15:1237 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
James 3:9-10237 votes
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Proverbs 13:3211 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Matthew 12:36-37205 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Luke 6:45202 votes
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 17:27197 votes
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 10:19194 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Ecclesiastes 5:2-4185 votes
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Proverbs 12:18180 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
What does the Bible say about our speech?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of our speech. Across 16,444 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 4:6, Matthew 15:11, Psalms 141:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.