Bible Verses about “idol words”
The Bible contains 9 verses about idol words across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›”
“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”
“And 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.”
“¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.”
“Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”
“¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.”