Bible Verses About Power of the Tongue

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

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.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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.

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

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.

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:

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind :

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.