Proverbs 18:21
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21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 26:21
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21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is (A)a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 25:18
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18 A man who (A)bears false witness against his neighbor
is like a war club, or (B)a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 16:27
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips
Proverbs 12:6
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Proverbs 11:9
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9 With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor,
but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
Proverbs 10:14
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Proverbs 10:11
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11 (A)The mouth of the righteous is (B)a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked (C)conceals violence.
Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for (A)lack of sense.
Proverbs 12:18
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18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings (B)healing.
Proverbs 14:25
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25 A truthful witness saves lives,
but one who (A)breathes out lies is deceitful.
Proverbs 16:14
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Proverbs 25:11
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11 (A)A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
John 1:1-4
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The Word Became Flesh
1 (A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 (E)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 (F)In him was life,[a] and (G)the life was the light of men.
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- John 1:4 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him
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