Bible Verses About the Tongue

10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.

6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.

4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

23 Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.

3 Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.

1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.