Bible Verses About Power of the Tongue
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for power of the tongue, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,813 votes, led by Proverbs 18:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Power of the Tongue
Proverbs 18:21409 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
1 Peter 3:10263 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:
Proverbs 15:1255 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ephesians 4:29225 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.
Psalms 141:3195 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Matthew 12:36-37178 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 1:26168 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 12:18164 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
James 3:8155 votes
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 15:4152 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 10:19136 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 13:3132 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Psalms 19:14130 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.
James 3:6122 votes
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.
James 1:19120 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Psalms 118:5118 votes
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
Proverbs 15:28118 votes
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs 21:2389 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
James 3:1-1885 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Matthew 12:3682 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Psalms 34:1371 votes
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Philippians 2:1466 votes
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Proverbs 15:263 votes
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs 25:1559 votes
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Mark 11:2358 votes
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
What does the Bible say about power of the tongue?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 18:21 on the subject of power of the tongue. Across 5,813 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:10, Proverbs 15:1, Ephesians 4:29. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.