Blessings on this day, this time we present a list of Bible Verses about Speaking, so you can enjoy a better relationship with God and with those around you. You can find related to the lying tongue and even the power it can have in the Christian life of each believer.
Bible verses about speaking
Proverbs 18:21
The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Luke 6:45
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Ephesians 4:29
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.
Proverbs 13:3
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Proverbs 15:4
The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 17:28
Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.
Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
James 1:19
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
Proverbs 31:8
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Proverbs 10:19
Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
but the prudent hold their tongues.
Proverbs 15:23
A person finds joy in giving an apt reply—
and how good is a timely word!
1 John 3:18
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 11:13
A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
James 3:2
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.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,
but fools are consumed by their own lips.
Matthew 18:15
If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
Psalm 71:8
My mouth is filled with your praise,
declaring your splendor all day long.
Luke 12:3
What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
Matthew 6:7
And whe n you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Romans 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail for lack of counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.
Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Psalm 105:1
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
James 3:10
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
Colossians 4:5-6
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Proverbs 16:24
Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Isaiah 55:11
So is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Proverbs 18:2
Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions.
Psalm 120:2
Save me, Lord,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
Proverbs 14:23
All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Psalm 19:14
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Proverbs 11:9
With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,
but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Romans 10:10
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
Proverbs 10:18
Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
and spreads slander is a fool.
Psalm 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart,
but a kind word cheers it up.
James 5:12
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.
Psalm 9:1
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
Proverbs 20:3
It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Proverbs 18:6
The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.
Proverbs 4:24
Keep your mouth free of perversity;
keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
Acts 2:3-4
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Ephesians 5:11-12
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Matthew 21:21
Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.”
Mark 13:11
Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Titus 2:1
You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Proverbs 31:9
Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Psalm 34:1
I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 139:4
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
2 Peter 1:21
For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Acts 22:7
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
Isaiah 12:4
In that day you will say:
“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.”
Job 23:12
I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
Genesis 1:3
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
John 15:3
You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Proverbs 12:22
The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Acts 4:31
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
Proverbs 17:7
Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
Luke 17:3b-4
If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.
They had been asking us for verses on language in the Bible and we hope these texts will be helpful to you. The question about what does the bible say about the tongue? We believe that it has been answered through these verses.
We are also answered to the question of how should we speak according to the Bible? or what does the bible say about gossip? Without a doubt, controlling the tongue according to the Bible is fundamental to living a life in holiness.
We hope that with these verses you can have knowledge of the way in which we should speak and the consequences that being in the middle of gossip can have. In addition, thanks to several proverbs and different verses we will be able to stop the tongue with the people who are around, to be better every day.