30 Bible Verse About Controlling Your Tongue

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

“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

“Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.”

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

“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

“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.”

“The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.”

“Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”

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

“But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.”

“We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.”

“Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.”

“Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”

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

“Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.”

“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

“May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

“Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.”

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

“Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.”

“A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.”

“Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.”

“Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.”

“To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.”

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

“Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.”

“Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.”

“The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.”

“For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

“The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.”