Bible Verses About Unkind Words
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unkind words, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 440 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 Unkind Words
Ephesians 4:2981 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 12:1849 votes
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 15:140 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Psalms 141:339 votes
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 15:2835 votes
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs 18:2127 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
James 1:1925 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Matthew 12:3523 votes
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
James 3:1022 votes
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Matthew 12:3721 votes
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
James 3:821 votes
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Psalms 34:1316 votes
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 13:316 votes
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 15:414 votes
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Ephesians 4:1511 votes
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
What does the Bible say about unkind words?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of unkind words. Across 440 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 15:1, Psalms 141:3. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.