7 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil

For there are many individuals who are unruly, empty talkers and deceivers, particularly those of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped;

Their throat is an open grave; With their tongues they have used deceit. The venom of asps is under their lips.

And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

For I dread that perhaps, when I come, I may not find you to be such as I wish, and that I may be found by you such as you do not wish; I dread lest there should be quarrels, jealousy, tempers, party spirit, slandering, gossip, arrogance, tumults;

Banish from among you all bitterness and passion and anger and clamor and slander, as well as all malice;

He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

Therefore put away all malice, all deceit, insincerity, jealousy, and slander of every sort.

And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Do not be talking against each other, brothers. He who is talking against a brother and condemning his brothers is talking against the Law and condemning the Law. But if you are condemning the Law, you are not a doer of the Law, but a judge.

For I dread that perhaps, when I come, I may not find you to be such as I wish, and that I may be found by you such as you do not wish; I dread lest there should be quarrels, jealousy, tempers, party spirit, slandering, gossip, arrogance, tumults;

They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity.

If a man thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own religion,

He who would love life and enjoy happy days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;