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Want to know what the Bible says about Power Of The Tongue? Here are 102 Bible verses about Power Of The Tongue from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Ecclesiastes 3:7 NIV
    a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
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Titus 3:2 NIV
to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
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James 4:11 NIV
Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.
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Proverbs 15:23 NIV
A person finds joy in giving an apt reply
    and how good is a timely word!
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Proverbs 31:26 NIV
She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
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Proverbs 17:14 NIV
Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
    so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
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Proverbs 21:19 NIV
Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
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1 Corinthians 12:28 NIV
And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.
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Psalm 39:1 NIV
I said, “I will watch my ways
    and keep my tongue from sin;
I will put a muzzle on my mouth
    while in the presence of the wicked.”
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Proverbs 25:23 NIV
Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
    is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.
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