Bible Verses About Calling Names

“With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!”

“But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”

“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.”

“Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”

“Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.”

“It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.”

“But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.”

“Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

“With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.”

“A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”

“A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

“Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?”

“Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.”

“He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.”

“Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.”

“Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.”

“An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.”

“The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”

“Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.”

“In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!”