17 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil

There are many unruly (rebellious) men, vain talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.

Dreams come with many efforts, trials and concerns. Fools speak with too many words.

Sin does not hide from a multitude of words. The wise controls his lips.

Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?

Would he reason with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)

His mouth is full of curses, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit and he ceased to be wise and do good.

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

There is nothing truthful in what they say! Their inward part is destruction. Their throat is an open grave. They flatter with their tongue.

I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.

The north wind drives away rain. So does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

The one who does not malign with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor or close friend.

You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother's son.

Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.

He who covers a transgression seeks love but he who gossips breaks up friendships.

Without wood the fire goes out. Without a talebearer strife ceases.

A talebearer reveals secrets. He that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

The words of a talebearer cause wounds. They plunge down to the innermost parts.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and screaming, and abusive speech, be put away (removed) (expiated) from you, along with all malice.

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

Brothers, do not speak against each other. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

I am afraid that I may come and find you different from what I want you to be, and that you may find me different from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry, jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,

A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.

All who hate me whisper together (gossip) against me; against me they devise my hurt, saying:

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts.

If any man thinks he is religious, while he does not control his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain (worthless) (useless).

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from deceit.

He who keeps his mouth (watches what he says) keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips (speaks thoughtlessly) will have destruction.

He who guards his mouth and holds his tongue stays out of trouble.