23 Bible Verses about Beware Of Your Speech

So also the tongue is a small member [of the body] and boasts great [things]. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!

And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.

but no human being is able to tame the tongue. [It is] a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.

And they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him so that they could catch him unawares in a statement.

Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.

plotting to catch him with reference to something {he might say}.

And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.

Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

For [there is] not a word [yet] on my tongue, [but] behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.

And it happened that as they were going away from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good [for] us to be here. And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah," not knowing what he was saying.

Therefore everything that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what {you have whispered} in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

For we all stumble [in] many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he [is] a perfect individual, able to hold in check his whole body also.

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.

[if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned."

He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.