What Does the Bible Say About The Mouth?

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 74 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 3:10 ESV / 61 helpful votes

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

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 49 helpful votes

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

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 48 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.”

Jeremiah 1:9 ESV / 46 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.

James 3:8 ESV / 42 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 35 helpful votes

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

James 3:5-6 ESV / 31 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! 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.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 21 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.

John 16:13 ESV / 21 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

James 1:26 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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

1 John 1:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

John 1:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 16 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Proverbs 10:20-21 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Deuteronomy 4:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes

You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.

Romans 13:1 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Deuteronomy 18:18 ESV / 13 helpful votes

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Isaiah 51:16-17 ESV / 12 helpful votes

And I have put my words in your mouth and covered you in the shadow of my hand, establishing the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’” Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.

Revelation 19:11-21 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. ...

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 2:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

Matthew 12:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes

How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Amos 3:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Mark 13:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

Nahum 1:1-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither; the bloom of Lebanon withers. The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it. ...

Job 23:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 10:18-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

38 Bible Verses about The Mouth

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 74 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:10 ESV / 61 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 141:3 ESV / 49 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 15:11 ESV / 48 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 1:9 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:8 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:5-6 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 16:13 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:26 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:20-21 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 4:2 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:1 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 18:18 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 51:16-17 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 19:11-21 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 12:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:28 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Amos 3:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 2:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 13:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nahum 1:1-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 23:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 10:18-21 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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