17 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil
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Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
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 the one who wants to love life
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,
A gentle answer turns away anger,
but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
The one who guards his mouth protects his life;
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.
They make their tongues
as sharp as a snake’s bite;
viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech,
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
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Speaking, evil » Vain talk condemned
For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.
but the one who controls his lips is wise.
Speaking, evil » General references to
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
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,
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.
Speaking, evil » Backbiting
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.
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;
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,
Speaking, evil » Talebearers condemned
You must not go about spreading slander
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
that goes down to one’s innermost being.
Speaking, evil » Warnings against
All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,
So rid yourselves of
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,
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.
Speaking, evil » Whispering, evil, general references to
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;
They are filled with all unrighteousness,
and a gossip separates close friends.
they plan to harm me.
that goes down to one’s innermost being.
Speaking, evil » The tongue to be restrained
If anyone
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.