23 Bible Verses about Beware Of Your Speech

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement.

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.

And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

And as these were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.

Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

He *said to him, ‘By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?