75 Bible Verses about Idle Words (KJV)

Here are 75 Bible verses about idle words, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Matthew 12:36 KJV

³⁶But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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Proverbs 10:19 KJV

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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James 1:26 KJV

²⁶If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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Matthew 12:36-37 KJV

³⁶But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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2 Timothy 2:16 KJV

¹⁶But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

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Proverbs 15:2 KJV

²The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹Let 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.

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Ephesians 5:4 KJV

⁴Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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Colossians 3:8 KJV

⁸But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

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Psalm 141:3 KJV

³Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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Proverbs 21:23 KJV

²³Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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James 3:5-6 KJV

⁵Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! ⁶And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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Proverbs 13:3 KJV

³He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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Proverbs 17:27-28 KJV

²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. ²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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Titus 3:9 KJV

⁹But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

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James 3:6 KJV

⁶And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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Ecclesiastes 5:3 KJV

³For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

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Proverbs 17:28 KJV

²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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Proverbs 25:11 KJV

¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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Titus 3:2 KJV

²To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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1 Timothy 5:13 KJV

¹³And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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Proverbs 18:21 KJV

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Matthew 12:37 KJV

³⁷For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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James 3:8 KJV

⁸But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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Colossians 4:6 KJV

⁶Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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Proverbs 29:20 KJV

²⁰Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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1 Peter 3:10 KJV

¹⁰For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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Matthew 5:37 KJV

³⁷But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

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Titus 1:10 KJV

¹⁰For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

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Luke 19:22 KJV

²²And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

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Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 KJV

²Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. ³For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

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Proverbs 17:27 KJV

²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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James 1:19 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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Hebrews 10:26 KJV

²⁶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

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Colossians 3:25 KJV

²⁵But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

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1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV

²⁷But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

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Ecclesiastes 5:2 KJV

²Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

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Matthew 15:11 KJV

¹¹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

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Matthew 12:35 KJV

³⁵A 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.

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Proverbs 29:11 KJV

¹¹A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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Proverbs 12:18 KJV

¹⁸There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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Psalm 19:1-14 KJV

¹The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. ²Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. ³There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. ⁴Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, …

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James 3:8-10 KJV

⁸But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. ¹⁰Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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2 Thessalonians 3:11 KJV

¹¹For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

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John 14:23 KJV

²³Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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Ecclesiastes 10:14 KJV

¹⁴A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 KJV

¹²The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. ¹³The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. ¹⁴A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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Proverbs 18:2 KJV

²A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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Psalm 34:13 KJV

¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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Psalm 19:14 KJV

¹⁴Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

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1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV

³³For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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Isaiah 58:8 KJV

⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.

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Isaiah 58:1-14 KJV

¹Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. ²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. ³Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou …

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Deuteronomy 32:47 KJV

⁴⁷For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

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James 3:1-18 KJV

¹My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. ²For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. ³Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. ⁴Behold also the ships, which though …

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1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 KJV

¹Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. ²For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. ³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: ⁴That every one of …

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1 Peter 4:11 KJV

¹¹If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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1 Peter 1:15-16 KJV

¹⁵But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; ¹⁶Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

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James 5:12 KJV

¹²But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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James 3:10 KJV

¹⁰Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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James 3:2-12 KJV

²For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. ³Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. ⁴Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor …

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Titus 1:10-11 KJV

¹⁰For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: ¹¹Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

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1 Timothy 1:6 KJV

⁶From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

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Colossians 3:17 KJV

¹⁷And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

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1 Corinthians 13:1-13 KJV

¹Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ²And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. ³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body …

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Luke 6:45 KJV

⁴⁵A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

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Matthew 15:18 KJV

¹⁸But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

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Proverbs 15:28 KJV

²⁸The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

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Proverbs 15:4 KJV

⁴A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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Proverbs 15:1 KJV

¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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Proverbs 14:23 KJV

²³In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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Deuteronomy 18:18 KJV

¹⁸I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

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John 2:1 KJV

¹And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

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Isaiah 59:1-21 KJV

¹Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: ²But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. ³For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. …

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