17 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil

For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision,

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?

their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; asps' poison is under their lips:

His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.

For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that I be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up again separateth very friends.

Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.

He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

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

Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.

Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.

For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that I be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.

All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

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

If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is vain.

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.