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100 Bible Verses about Communication

James 1:19 ESV / 637 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 504 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 439 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 314 helpful votes

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 304 helpful votes

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 259 helpful votes

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 247 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 234 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 232 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 206 helpful votes

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

2 Timothy 2:16 ESV / 201 helpful votes

But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 183 helpful votes

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 171 helpful votes

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 166 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Proverbs 16:23 ESV / 158 helpful votes

The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Jeremiah 1:9 ESV / 134 helpful votes

Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 133 helpful votes

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Proverbs 13:17 ESV / 126 helpful votes

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 119 helpful votes

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 117 helpful votes

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 106 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Matthew 15:18-19 ESV / 101 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 96 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Proverbs 18:20-21 ESV / 92 helpful votes

From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 86 helpful votes

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 83 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 81 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 78 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Proverbs 15:28 ESV / 76 helpful votes

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

Amos 3:7 ESV / 68 helpful votes

“For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 67 helpful votes

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

James 1:26 ESV / 65 helpful votes

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Matthew 12:34 ESV / 65 helpful votes

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Proverbs 18:17 ESV / 65 helpful votes

The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 62 helpful votes

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 62 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Titus 3:2 ESV / 59 helpful votes

To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Matthew 5:37 ESV / 59 helpful votes

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 59 helpful votes

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Luke 6:45 ESV / 58 helpful votes

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV / 57 helpful votes

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 57 helpful votes

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Romans 14:19 ESV / 55 helpful votes

So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Proverbs 12:22 ESV / 51 helpful votes

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 49 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

3 John 1:13-14 ESV / 48 helpful votes

I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 47 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

John 14:26 ESV / 44 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

James 1:19-20 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Proverbs 11:12 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

Hebrews 1:1-3 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Mark 10:9 ESV / 40 helpful votes

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Proverbs 29:22 ESV / 40 helpful votes

A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; ...

2 Corinthians 6:11-13 ESV / 39 helpful votes

We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.

Acts 17:10-11 ESV / 39 helpful votes

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Proverbs 20:19 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 39 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Psalm 37:30 ESV / 39 helpful votes

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 38 helpful votes

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Proverbs 27:5-6 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Proverbs 19:11 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 38 helpful votes

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Deuteronomy 4:32 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.

James 1:5 ESV / 37 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.

James 3:8 ESV / 36 helpful votes

But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Ephesians 5:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 36 helpful votes

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Romans 1:20 ESV / 35 helpful votes

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

John 15:26 ESV / 35 helpful votes

“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

John 8:44 ESV / 35 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Matthew 7:24 ESV / 35 helpful votes

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Proverbs 16:13 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.

Proverbs 6:2-5 ESV / 34 helpful votes

If you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 31 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Hebrews 3:13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Hebrews 4:12-13 ESV / 30 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Song of Solomon 2:14 ESV / 29 helpful votes

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 28 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

James 5:16 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

James 4:11-12 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

James 3:18 ESV / 25 helpful votes

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Proverbs 10:29 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers.

Genesis 3:7 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

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