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What does the Bible say about the tongue?

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

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Bible verses about the tongue

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
Proverbs 18:21 — Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 3 votes
Proverbs 21:23 — Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. 3 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. 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
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: 3 votes
Psalms 141:3 — Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. 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 15:1 — A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. 2 votes
James 3:1 — My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 votes
James 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 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 (7), James (5), Psalms (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Peter (1)

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