13 Bible Verses about Tame Your Tongue
Want to know what the Bible says about Tame Your Tongue? Here are 13 Bible verses about Tame Your Tongue from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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James 3:8 NIV
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Psalm 141:3 NIV
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
keep watch over the door of my lips.
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Matthew 12:34 NIV
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
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James 1:19-21 NIV
19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
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Proverbs 18:21 NIV
The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Matthew 15:11 NIV
What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
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Titus 3:2 NIV
to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
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Colossians 4:6 NIV
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
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James 1:26 NIV
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
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Matthew 12:36-37 NIV
36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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