What Does the Bible Say About Talking Too Much?

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 59 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 47 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 45 helpful votes

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

James 1:19 ESV / 32 helpful votes

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

Ecclesiastes 9:17 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

Ecclesiastes 5:7 ESV / 28 helpful votes

For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.

James 3:6 ESV / 27 helpful votes

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 14:23 ESV / 19 helpful votes

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 30:32 ESV / 18 helpful votes

If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

Amos 5:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Proverbs 15:1-33 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. ...

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Bible Verses about Talking Too Much