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What does the Bible say about power of the tongue?

18 verses about power of the tongue, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about power of the tongue

Proverbs 18:21 — Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 7 votes
Proverbs 15:1 — A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. 4 votes
Ephesians 4:29 — 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. 4 votes
1 Peter 3:10 — 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: 4 votes
Psalms 141:3 — Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 3 votes
Proverbs 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. 3 votes
Proverbs 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. 3 votes
Matthew 12:36 — But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 3 votes
James 1:26 — 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. 3 votes
James 3:8 — But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 3 votes
Psalms 19:14 — Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. 2 votes
Psalms 118:5 — I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. 2 votes
Proverbs 10:19 — In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 2 votes
Proverbs 13:3 — He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 2 votes
Proverbs 15:28 — The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 2 votes
Proverbs 21:23 — Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. 2 votes
James 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 2 votes
James 3:6 — 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. 2 votes

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Proverbs (8), James (4), Psalms (3), Matthew (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Peter (1)

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