Bible Verses About Our Tongue
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for our tongue, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,639 votes, led by James 3:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Our Tongue
James 3:8512 votes
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 18:21431 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 12:36-37414 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Proverbs 21:23408 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Ephesians 4:29351 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 12:18321 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
James 1:26319 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 15:4252 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 6:16-19217 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
1 Peter 3:10181 votes
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:
Psalms 39:1178 votes
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.
James 3:1-18165 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Matthew 5:22149 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Proverbs 19:5133 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Luke 6:45126 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.
Hebrews 4:12126 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 Peter 2:1112 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Proverbs 25:1882 votes
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Psalms 12:3-475 votes
The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Matthew 5:33-3769 votes
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
1 John 1:967 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Revelation 21:865 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Psalms 91:1-1664 votes
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Proverbs 5:464 votes
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
James 3:564 votes
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
What does the Bible say about our tongue?
Readers most often cite James 3:8 on the subject of our tongue. Across 6,639 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 18:21, Matthew 12:36-37, Proverbs 21:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.