17 Bible Verses about Beware Of Your Speech

So, also, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest does a little fire set in a blaze.

And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity. So is the tongue placed among our members, defiling the whole body, setting on fire the course of life, and being set on fire by hell.

but the tongue no man can tame; it is an unruly evil; it is full of deadly poison.

And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might entrap him in his words.

Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation, that they might entrap him in his words.

trying to entrap him, and seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

And they were not able to take hold of his words before the people. And they were astonished at his answer, and were silent.

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak; for that which you shall speak shall be given you in that hour:

Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

But those things which go out from the mouth, come from the heart; and these defile the man.

And it came to pass, that, as they were withdrawing from him, Peter said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for thee, one for Moses, and one for. Elijah, not knowing what he said.

Wherefore, what you have spoken in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

And they watched him, and sent spies, who feigned them selves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

For in many things we all offend. If any one offends not in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

But I say to you, That for every idle word which men speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.

For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

Then he said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.