34 Bible Verses about Curbing Speech
Most Relevant Verses
Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is near; the LORD has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests.
Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, "Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
But he himself turned back at the idols near Gilgal and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he commanded, "Silence." And all his attendants went out from his presence.
And they said to him, "Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?"
And when one's relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, "Is there still anyone with you?" he shall say, "No"; and he shall say, "Silence! We must not mention the name of the LORD."
The songs of the templeshall become wailings in that day," declares the Lord GOD. "So many dead bodies!" "They are thrown everywhere!" "Silence!"
Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
But Joshua commanded the people, "You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout."
And the people of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household."
that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth?
For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;
Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience--by word and deed,
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God.
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
"Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
