17 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil

For there are many disobedient and talkers of vanity, and deceivers of minds, namely they of the circumcision,

For where much carefulness is, there are many dreams: and where many words are, there men may hear fools.

Where much babbling is, there must needs be offense; he that refraineth his lips is wisest of all.

"Should not he that maketh many words, be answered? Should he that babbleth much, be commended therein?

Thou reprovest with words, that are worth nothing; and speakest the things which can do no good!

"Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceived." "The poison of Asps is under their lips."

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit and fraud; under his tongue is travail and sorrow.

The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouths; they dissemble in their hearts. Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Who so privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy. Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach, I will not suffer him.

The north wind driveth away the rain, even so doth an earnest sober countenance a backbiter's tongue.

For I fear, lest it come to pass, that when I come I shall not find you such as I would: and I shall be found unto you such as I would not. I fear lest there be found among you debate, envying, wrath, strife, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, and discord.

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbours.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, yea and slanderest thine own mother's son.

"'Thou shalt not go up and down a privy accuser among thy people, neither shalt thou help to shed the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Whoso covereth another man's offense, seeketh love; but he that discloseth the fault, setteth friends at variance.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; and where the backbiter is taken away, there the strife ceaseth.

A dissembling person will discover privy things; but he that is of a faithful heart, will keep counsel.

The words of a slanderer are very wounds, and go through unto the inmost parts of the body.

Let all bitterness, fierceness and wrath, roaring and cursed speaking, be put away from you, with all maliciousness.

If any man long after life, and loveth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile:

Wherefore, lay aside all maliciousness, and all guile, and dissimulation, and envy, and all backbiting:

and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell.

Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law: but and if thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge.

For I fear, lest it come to pass, that when I come I shall not find you such as I would: and I shall be found unto you such as I would not. I fear lest there be found among you debate, envying, wrath, strife, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, and discord.

being full of all unrighteous doing: of fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, evil-conditioned whisperers,

A froward body causeth strife; and he that is a babble of his tongue, maketh division among princes.

All mine enemies whisper together against me; even against me do they imagine this evil.

A slanderer's words are like flattery, but they pierce the inward parts of the body.

If any man among you seem devout, and refrain not his tongue: but deceive his own heart, this man's devotion is in vain.

If any man long after life, and loveth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile:

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.

He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life; but whoso speaketh unadvised, findeth harm.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue; the same keepeth his soul from troubles.