Tag: gracious speech

Bible Verses and a Prayer about Words and the Power of the Tongue

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  • Psalm 19:14 NASB
    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 141:3 NIV
    Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.
  • Proverbs 10:19 ESV
    When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
    but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
  • Proverbs 12:18 NIV
    The words of the reckless pierce like swords,
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Proverbs 13:3 NASB
    The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
    The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
  • Proverbs 15:1 NASB
    A gentle answer turns away wrath,
    But a harsh word stirs up anger.
  • Proverbs 15:2 ESV
    The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
  • Proverbs 15:4 ESV
    A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
    but perverseness in it breaks the spirit
  • Proverbs 16:24 NIV
    Gracious words are a honeycomb,
    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
  • Proverbs 17:27 NASB
    He who restrains his words has knowledge,
    And he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
  • Proverbs 18:21 NIV
    The tongue has the power of life and death,
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Proverbs 21:23 NASB
    He who guards his mouth and his tongue,
    Guards his soul from troubles.
  • Proverbs 25:11 NASB
    Like apples of gold in settings of silver
    Is a word spoken in right circumstances.
  • Proverbs 25:25 NIV
    Like cold water to a weary soul
    is good news from a distant land.
  • Proverbs 29:20 NASB
    Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
    There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Matthew 12:36 NASB
    But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.
  • Matthew 15:18 NASB
    But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.
  • Ephesians 4:29 NIV
    Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
  • James 1:26 NLT
     If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
  • James 3:3-10 NASB
    Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well. 4 Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. 5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come bothblessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

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