17 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, a world of evil among the members of the body. The tongue corrupts our whole person, sets the whole course of our life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.

lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said. But marveling at his answer they were silent.

But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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

As the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"not knowing what he said.

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

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to deliver him up to the power and 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.

But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

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

He said to him, 'I will judge you out of your own mouth, 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?