Bible Verses About The Power of the Tongue
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for the power of the tongue, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,102 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 The Power of the Tongue
Proverbs 18:21139 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 12:18106 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Ephesians 4:2998 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 13:368 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
James 1:2667 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 15:166 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 15:462 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Psalms 19:1461 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 10:1961 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 21:2361 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
James 3:861 votes
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Psalms 141:360 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Matthew 12:3660 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
1 Peter 3:1055 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:
Matthew 12:36-3748 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 34:1343 votes
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 16:2442 votes
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
James 3:642 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.
Matthew 15:1837 votes
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
James 3:537 votes
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Proverbs 15:2836 votes
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Matthew 12:3736 votes
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
James 1:1936 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:1-1836 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
James 3:931 votes
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
What does the Bible say about the power of the tongue?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 18:21 on the subject of the power of the tongue. Across 3,102 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 12:18, Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 13:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.