Bible Verses About The Tongue
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the tongue, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 23,769 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 Tongue
Proverbs 18:21779 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
James 1:26772 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 12:18759 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
1 Peter 3:10688 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:
James 3:8681 votes
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Ephesians 4:29645 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 15:4618 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 21:23604 votes
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 10:19476 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
James 3:6472 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 3:1-18415 votes
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Proverbs 15:1408 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Psalms 141:3403 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
James 3:5400 votes
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Proverbs 13:3372 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Psalms 34:13366 votes
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 26:20323 votes
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Matthew 12:36-37315 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Revelation 1:1311 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
James 3:9300 votes
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Proverbs 6:16-19293 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
James 1:19293 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:2273 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.
Psalms 19:14269 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.
Matthew 12:36251 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
What does the Bible say about the tongue?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 18:21 on the subject of the tongue. Across 23,769 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:26, Proverbs 12:18, 1 Peter 3:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.