Ephesians 4:29ESV / 11 helpful votes
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
James 3:8ESV / 10 helpful votes
But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:2ESV / 8 helpful votes
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
James 3:1-12ESV / 8 helpful votes
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
Proverbs 15:4ESV / 8 helpful votes
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Proverbs 13:3ESV / 8 helpful votes
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 12:18ESV / 8 helpful votes
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
James 3:6ESV / 7 helpful votes
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Proverbs 18:21ESV / 7 helpful votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Revelation 21:8ESV / 6 helpful votes
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
James 3:10ESV / 6 helpful votes
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
James 3:1-18ESV / 6 helpful votes
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
Titus 3:2ESV / 6 helpful votes
To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
John 8:44ESV / 6 helpful votes
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Matthew 7:2ESV / 6 helpful votes
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Ecclesiastes 5:6ESV / 6 helpful votes
Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
Proverbs 6:16-19ESV / 6 helpful votes
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Psalm 39:1ESV / 6 helpful votes
To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
1 Peter 3:10ESV / 5 helpful votes
For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
James 3:9ESV / 5 helpful votes
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
James 1:19ESV / 5 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Colossians 4:6ESV / 5 helpful votes
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
Galatians 5:22ESV / 5 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Matthew 12:36ESV / 5 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Proverbs 15:1ESV / 5 helpful votes
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
1 John 1:10ESV / 4 helpful votes
If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 1:8ESV / 4 helpful votes
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
James 3:5-6ESV / 4 helpful votes
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
James 1:26ESV / 4 helpful votes
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
Colossians 3:16ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Acts 2:1-47ESV / 4 helpful votes
When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...
Matthew 12:34ESV / 4 helpful votes
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs 27:2ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 25:23ESV / 4 helpful votes
The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
Proverbs 17:4ESV / 4 helpful votes
An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Proverbs 16:27ESV / 4 helpful votes
A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 11:13ESV / 4 helpful votes
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
Proverbs 6:17ESV / 4 helpful votes
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Psalm 5:9ESV / 4 helpful votes
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
1 Peter 2:1ESV / 3 helpful votes
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
James 4:11ESV / 3 helpful votes
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
James 3:1-13ESV / 3 helpful votes
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
Titus 2:8ESV / 3 helpful votes
And sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
Colossians 3:9ESV / 3 helpful votes
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Philippians 2:11ESV / 3 helpful votes
And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Galatians 5:23ESV / 3 helpful votes
Gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23ESV / 3 helpful votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:16ESV / 3 helpful votes
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
1 Corinthians 6:20ESV / 3 helpful votes
For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19ESV / 3 helpful votes
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
Romans 3:23ESV / 3 helpful votes
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 1:30ESV / 3 helpful votes
Slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
Matthew 15:19ESV / 3 helpful votes
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Matthew 12:33-37ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 7:1ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Judge not, that you be not judged.
Jeremiah 9:8ESV / 3 helpful votes
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
Ecclesiastes 5:3ESV / 3 helpful votes
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
Ecclesiastes 5:2ESV / 3 helpful votes
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Proverbs 25:18ESV / 3 helpful votes
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 17:9ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
1 John 1:9ESV / 2 helpful votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James 3:1ESV / 2 helpful votes
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
2 Timothy 3:2ESV / 2 helpful votes
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
1 Timothy 3:8ESV / 2 helpful votes
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.
1 Timothy 3:6ESV / 2 helpful votes
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Philippians 4:13ESV / 2 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:6ESV / 2 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 2:3ESV / 2 helpful votes
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Ephesians 5:16ESV / 2 helpful votes
Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 4:1-32ESV / 2 helpful votes
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...
Galatians 6:1ESV / 2 helpful votes
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
Galatians 5:19-21ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 12:26ESV / 2 helpful votes
If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
1 Corinthians 12:12ESV / 2 helpful votes
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
1 Corinthians 8:13ESV / 2 helpful votes
Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
Romans 14:12ESV / 2 helpful votes
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Romans 14:11ESV / 2 helpful votes
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
Romans 14:10ESV / 2 helpful votes
Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;
Romans 10:10ESV / 2 helpful votes
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 3:13-14ESV / 2 helpful votes
“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
Romans 3:10ESV / 2 helpful votes
As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
Romans 2:1ESV / 2 helpful votes
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
Acts 1:8ESV / 2 helpful votes
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Mark 8:38ESV / 2 helpful votes
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Matthew 18:15ESV / 2 helpful votes
“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Matthew 18:1-35ESV / 2 helpful votes
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, ...
Matthew 10:32ESV / 2 helpful votes
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
Matthew 5:22ESV / 2 helpful votes
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.
Ecclesiastes 7:20ESV / 2 helpful votes
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Proverbs 26:28ESV / 2 helpful votes
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 21:23ESV / 2 helpful votes
Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
Proverbs 20:9ESV / 2 helpful votes
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?
Proverbs 18:13ESV / 2 helpful votes
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
Proverbs 18:8ESV / 2 helpful votes
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 17:27ESV / 2 helpful votes
Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Proverbs 16:28ESV / 2 helpful votes
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 12:25ESV / 2 helpful votes
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
Proverbs 11:9ESV / 2 helpful votes
With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Proverbs 10:20ESV / 2 helpful votes
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Proverbs 10:18ESV / 2 helpful votes
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
