Bible Verses About Speaking
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for speaking, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,362 votes, led by Proverbs 13:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Speaking
Proverbs 13:3196 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Ephesians 4:29189 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.
James 1:19153 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Colossians 4:6134 votes
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Ephesians 5:4126 votes
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Proverbs 15:1122 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Matthew 12:3793 votes
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Psalms 141:392 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
James 1:2690 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 15:2882 votes
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs 29:1182 votes
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 17:2866 votes
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 15:465 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
James 3:8-1056 votes
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Matthew 12:3652 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Titus 3:249 votes
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
1 Peter 3:947 votes
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Proverbs 25:1146 votes
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
1 Peter 3:1042 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:
Ephesians 4:2538 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Proverbs 17:2735 votes
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
James 3:235 votes
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
James 3:535 votes
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Proverbs 18:2133 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 31:2631 votes
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
What does the Bible say about speaking?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 13:3 on the subject of speaking. Across 3,362 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:29, James 1:19, Colossians 4:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.