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100 Bible Verses about Guarding Your Words

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 189 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 21:23 ESV / 172 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:2 ESV / 156 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 149 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.

James 1:26 ESV / 144 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 13:3 ESV / 142 helpful votes

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

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 137 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.

Psalm 34:13 ESV / 130 helpful votes

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 127 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 123 helpful votes

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

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 121 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 117 helpful votes

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

Luke 6:45 ESV / 115 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.

Proverbs 12:18 ESV / 114 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:4 ESV / 110 helpful votes

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

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 105 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 94 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 93 helpful votes

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

Psalm 51:10 ESV / 91 helpful votes

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 88 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 85 helpful votes

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

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 83 helpful votes

It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

1 Peter 3:10 ESV / 79 helpful votes

For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

Psalm 39:1 ESV / 79 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 26:20 ESV / 78 helpful votes

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 75 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Psalm 73:26 ESV / 71 helpful votes

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 70 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 3:5 ESV / 69 helpful votes

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

Matthew 15:18 ESV / 69 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

Proverbs 23:26 ESV / 68 helpful votes

My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

James 3:2 ESV / 66 helpful votes

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Titus 3:2 ESV / 65 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 62 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 18:7 ESV / 62 helpful votes

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 18:4 ESV / 62 helpful votes

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

Luke 6:43-45 ESV / 61 helpful votes

“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. 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.

James 3:8 ESV / 60 helpful votes

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

James 3:3 ESV / 60 helpful votes

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 60 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Micah 7:5 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 57 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 25:18 ESV / 57 helpful votes

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 18:20-21 ESV / 57 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.

Proverbs 12:13-14 ESV / 57 helpful votes

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble. From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.

Proverbs 11:9 ESV / 57 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

John 14:27 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 53 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,

Colossians 3:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Psalm 119:9 ESV / 48 helpful votes

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word.

Philippians 4:8-9 ESV / 47 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. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 46 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

James 1:19-20 ESV / 44 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.

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 44 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Revelation 12:11 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 43 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 7:6 ESV / 43 helpful votes

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Matthew 5:8 ESV / 43 helpful votes

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Philippians 4:3 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

Ephesians 2:1-22 ESV / 42 helpful votes

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ...

Colossians 3:8 ESV / 41 helpful votes

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

James 3:10 ESV / 40 helpful votes

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

James 1:19 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Matthew 12:37 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 17:27 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 15:3 ESV / 40 helpful votes

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Colossians 3:2 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

James 1:8 ESV / 38 helpful votes

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

James 1:6 ESV / 38 helpful votes

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Proverbs 17:27-28 ESV / 38 helpful votes

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Proverbs 10:21 ESV / 38 helpful votes

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Deuteronomy 19:15 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

Hebrews 11:2 ESV / 36 helpful votes

For by it the people of old received their commendation.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 36 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Proverbs 18:20 ESV / 36 helpful votes

From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 36 helpful votes

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

James 3:3-6 ESV / 34 helpful votes

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 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 11:13 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 34 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Psalm 26:2 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

Revelation 1:9 ESV / 32 helpful votes

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

James 3:15 ESV / 32 helpful votes

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

James 3:9 ESV / 32 helpful votes

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

James 1:10 ESV / 32 helpful votes

And the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Mark 7:21-23 ESV / 32 helpful votes

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Proverbs 26:28 ESV / 32 helpful votes

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 25:3 ESV / 32 helpful votes

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 17:4 ESV / 32 helpful votes

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 12:5 ESV / 32 helpful votes

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Genesis 8:21 ESV / 30 helpful votes

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 27 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

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