17 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

For dreams result from much work and a fool’s voice from many words.

When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,
but the one who controls his lips is wise.

Should this stream of words go unanswered
and such a talker be acquitted?

Should he argue with useless talk
or with words that serve no good purpose?

Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

who does not slander with his tongue,
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,

You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

A gossip goes around revealing a secret,
but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

For the one who wants to love life
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.

Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.

All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

For the one who wants to love life
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,

Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.

The one who guards his mouth protects his life;
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

The one who guards his mouth and tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.