38 Bible Verses about Evil Speaking

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision -- whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word. To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.read more.
They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna. For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,read more.
and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison, with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers; and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul. Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood -- A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- read more.
A false witness who doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.

For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife. The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.read more.
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, Are burning lips and an evil heart.

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished! And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh. All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:read more.
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again. Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit. Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah. Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, 'Aha, aha.'

All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

Princes also sat -- against me they spoke, Thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes,

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me. O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue! What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!read more.
Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals. Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar. Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace. I am peace, and when I speak they are for war!

They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under their lips. Selah.