1 Peter 3:10
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10 For
(A)“Whoever desires to love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit;
Psalm 34:12-16
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12 (A)What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may (B)see good?
13 (C)Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from (D)speaking deceit.
14 (E)Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and (F)pursue it.
15 (G)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
(H)and his ears toward their cry.
16 (I)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to (J)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
James 1:26
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26 If anyone thinks he is religious (A)and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's (B)religion is worthless.
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Revelation 14:5
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5 and (A)in their mouth no lie was found, for they are (B)blameless.
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1 Peter 2:22
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22 (A)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
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1 Peter 2:1
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A Living Stone and a Holy People
2 (A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
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John 1:47
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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, (B)in whom there is no deceit!”
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John 12:25
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25 (A)Whoever loves his life loses it, and (B)whoever (C)hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Proverbs 3:2
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James 3:1-10
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Taming the Tongue
3 (A)Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For (B)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, (C)he is a perfect man, (D)able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put (E)bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet (F)it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And (G)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (H)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, (I)full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people (J)who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,[c] these things ought not to be so.
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- James 3:6 Or wheel of birth
- James 3:6 Greek Gehenna
- James 3:10 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 12
Matthew 13:16-17
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16 But (A)blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 (B)For truly, I say to you, (C)many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
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Proverbs 8:35
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Proverbs 4:22
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:22 Hebrew his
Proverbs 3:18
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18 She is (A)a tree of life to those who (B)lay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called blessed.
Job 7:7-8
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7 “Remember that my life is a (A)breath;
my eye will never again see good.
8 (B)The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me, (C)I shall be gone.
Mark 8:35
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35 For (A)whoever would save his life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake (B)and the gospel's will save it.
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Matthew 19:17
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17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. (A)If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I (A)searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on (B)folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
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Psalm 49:19
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Psalm 27:13
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Footnotes
- Psalm 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look
Job 33:28
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28 He has redeemed my (A)soul from going down (B)into the pit,
and my life shall (C)look upon the light.’
Job 9:25
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Deuteronomy 32:47
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47 For it is no empty word for you, (A)but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”
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Psalm 106:5
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5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your (A)chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.
Job 2:4
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4 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
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