Bible Verses About Unkind Words
- Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
- Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
- James 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
- Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
- James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
- Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- James 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
- Psalms 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Matthew 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
- Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.