{"id":1142,"date":"2026-03-16T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:01:22","slug":"be-slow-to-speak-kjv-king-james-version-bible-verse-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/be-slow-to-speak-kjv-king-james-version-bible-verse-list\/","title":{"rendered":"BE SLOW TO SPEAK &#8212; KJV (King James Version) Bible Verse List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/be-slow-to-speak-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/be-slow-to-speak-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/be-slow-to-speak-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/be-slow-to-speak-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Scriptures #BibleStudy #BibleVerses #SlowToSpeak<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Psalms 19:14, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Psalm 58:3-4, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Psalm 101:5, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proverbs 4:24, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proverbs 6:12-15<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proverbs 8:13, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proverbs 10:18-19, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him . . . Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proverbs 18:13, 21, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proverbs 25:28, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proverbs 29:11, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be 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.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ecclesiastes 5:2, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 12:37, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Romans 9:20, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath . . . If any man\u202d among\u202d you\u202d seem\u202d\u202d to be\u202d\u202d religious\u202d, and bridleth\u202d\u202d not\u202d \u202dhis\u202d\u202d \u202dtongue\u202d\u202d, but\u202d deceiveth\u202d\u202d his own\u202d heart\u202d, this man\u2019s\u202d religion\u202d \u202dis\u202d vain\u202d.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">James 1:19, 26, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! 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.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">James 3:5-6, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For\u202d he that will\u202d\u202d love\u202d\u202d life\u202d, and\u202d see\u202d\u202d good\u202d days\u202d, let him refrain\u202d\u202d \u202dhis\u202d\u202d \u202dtongue\u202d\u202d from\u202d evil\u202d, and\u202d his\u202d lips\u202d that they speak\u202d\u202d no\u202d guile\u202d:&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1 Peter 3:10, KJV<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you would like more info regarding the origin of these KJV Bible verse lists, go to <a title=\"KJV Bible Verse List\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/VerseLists\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/VerseLists\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank-you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Scriptures #BibleStudy #BibleVerses #SlowToSpeak &#8220;Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.&#8221; Psalms 19:14, KJV &#8220;The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/be-slow-to-speak-kjv-king-james-version-bible-verse-list\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4772,6],"tags":[18,19,20,21,521,520,25,26,125,151,31,518,519,152,153,34],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-verses","tag-bible","tag-bible-study","tag-bill-kochman","tag-bills-bible-basics","tag-guard-your-mouth","tag-guard-your-tongue","tag-king-james-version","tag-kjv","tag-list","tag-scripture","tag-scriptures","tag-slow-to-speak","tag-speak-slowly","tag-topical","tag-verse","tag-verses"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49704,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions\/49704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}