11 Bible Verses about Evil Speaking

Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind,

For there are many undisciplined people, who deceive themselves with their empty talk, especially those of the party of circumcision. They must be silenced, for such men upset whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, for the sake of dishonest gain.

to abuse nobody, to be peaceable and reasonable, showing perfect gentleness to everyone.

If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.

So the tongue is a little organ and yet very boastful. What a great forest a spark will set on fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of wrong the tongue proves in our bodies, soiling the whole body and setting fire to the whole round of nature, and set on fire itself by hell. For every kind of animal and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man,read more.
but no human being can tame the tongue. It is an irreconcilable evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord our Father, and with it we curse men made in God's likeness. Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers.

Do not talk against one another, brothers. Whoever talks against a brother or condemns his brother talks against the Law, and condemns the Law. But if you condemn the Law you are not an observer of the Law but its judge.

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice or thieves or greedy??runkards, abusive people, robbers??ill not have any share in God's kingdom.

Their throats are like open graves, They use their tongues to deceive; The venom of asps is behind their lips,

So you must lay aside falsehood and each tell his neighbor the truth, for we are parts of one another.

No bad word must ever pass your lips, but only words that are good and suited to improve the occasion, so that they will be a blessing to those who hear them. You must not offend God's holy Spirit, with which you have been marked for the Day of Redemption. You must give up all bitterness, rage, anger, and loud, abusive talk, and all spite.

There must be no indecency or foolish or scurrilous talk??ll that is unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead.