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 16:24
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Proverbs 15:4
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:4 Or healing
James 3:6-8
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (B)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b] 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, (C)full of deadly poison.
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Psalm 57:4
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4 My soul is in the midst of (A)lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (B)teeth are spears and arrows,
whose (C)tongues are sharp swords.
Psalm 52:2
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Daniel 11:33
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33 (A)And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.
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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 15:7
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:7 Or the hearts of fools are not steadfast
Proverbs 13:17
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17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but (A)a faithful envoy brings healing.
Proverbs 10:20-21
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20 The tongue of the righteous is (A)choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for (B)lack of sense.
Proverbs 4:22
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his
Psalm 64:3
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Revelation 22:2
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2 through the middle of (A)the street of the city; (B)also, on either side of the river, (C)the tree of life[a] with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were (D)for the healing of the nations.
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- Revelation 22:2 Or the Lamb. In the midst of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life
Revelation 1:16
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16 (A)In his right hand he held seven stars, (B)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and (C)his face was like the sun shining (D)in full strength.
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Psalm 59:7
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7 There they are, (A)bellowing with their mouths
with (B)swords in their lips—
for (C)“Who,” they think,[a] “will hear us?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think
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