Bible Verses About The Mouth
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the mouth, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 676 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 The Mouth
Ephesians 4:2974 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 3:1061 votes
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Psalms 141:349 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Matthew 15:1148 votes
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Jeremiah 1:946 votes
Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
James 3:842 votes
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 18:2136 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
James 3:5-631 votes
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
John 16:1321 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Hebrews 4:1221 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 John 1:920 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James 1:2619 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.
1 John 1:817 votes
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Numbers 23:1916 votes
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
John 1:116 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Ephesians 6:1816 votes
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Deuteronomy 4:215 votes
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Proverbs 10:20-2115 votes
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Romans 13:114 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Deuteronomy 18:1813 votes
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Isaiah 51:16-1712 votes
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Matthew 12:411 votes
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
1 Corinthians 2:1311 votes
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
2 Timothy 3:1611 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Revelation 19:11-2111 votes
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
What does the Bible say about the mouth?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of the mouth. Across 676 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 3:10, Psalms 141:3, Matthew 15:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.