James 3:6
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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]
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Psalm 120:2-3
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2 Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to you,
(A)and what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
Proverbs 16:27
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- Proverbs 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips
Mark 7:15
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15 (A)There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[a]
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Matthew 15:11-20
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11 (A)it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were (B)offended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, (C)“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted (D)will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; (E)they are blind guides.[a] And (F)if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 But Peter said to him, (G)“Explain the parable to us.” 16 And he said, (H)“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that (I)whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?[b] 18 But (J)what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come (K)evil thoughts, (L)murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, (M)slander. 20 (N)These are what defile a person. But (O)to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
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- Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts add of the blind
- Matthew 15:17 Greek is expelled into the latrine
Mark 7:20-22
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Proverbs 15:1
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Colossians 3:8-9
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8 But now (A)you must put them all away: (B)anger, wrath, malice, (C)slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 (D)Do not lie to one another, seeing that (E)you have put off (F)the old self[a] with its practices
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- Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10
Luke 16:24
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24 And he called out, (A)‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and (B)cool my tongue, for (C)I am in anguish in this flame.’
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Proverbs 6:19
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Proverbs 7:21-23
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21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with (A)her smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast[a]
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as (B)a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
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- Proverbs 7:22 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as a chain to discipline a fool
Psalm 140:3
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3 They make (A)their tongue sharp as (B)a serpent's,
and (C)under their lips is the (D)venom of asps. Selah
Matthew 12:32-36
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32 And whoever speaks a word (A)against the Son of Man (B)will be forgiven, but (C)whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in (D)this age or in the age to come.
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33 (E)“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, (F)for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 (G)You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, (H)when you are evil? (I)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 (J)The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, (K)on the day of judgment (L)people will give account for (M)every careless word they speak,
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Psalm 64:3
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Jude 8-10
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8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and (A)blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when (B)the archangel (C)Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing (D)about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, (E)“The Lord rebuke you.” 10 (F)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
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3 John 10
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10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
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James 2:7
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7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable (A)name by which you were called?
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for (B)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (C)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (D)what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned (E)who did not believe the truth but (F)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Romans 3:13-14
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13 (A)“Their throat is (B)an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
(C)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 (D)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
Acts 6:13
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13 and they (A)set up false (B)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (C)this holy place and the law,
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Acts 5:3
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3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has (A)Satan filled your heart to lie (B)to the Holy Spirit and (C)to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
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Mark 14:55-57
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55 Now the chief priests and the whole council[a] were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. 56 (A)For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony (B)did not agree. 57 And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,
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- Mark 14:55 Greek Sanhedrin
Matthew 12:24
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24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, (A)“It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.”
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Matthew 5:22
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22 But I say to you that (A)everyone who is angry with his brother[a] will be liable (B)to judgment; whoever insults[b] his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to (C)the hell[c] of fire.
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- Matthew 5:22 Some manuscripts insert without cause
- Matthew 5:22 Greek says Raca to (a term of abuse)
- Matthew 5:22 Greek Gehenna; also verses 29, 30
Proverbs 26:20-21
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20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no (A)whisperer, (B)quarreling ceases.
21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is (C)a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
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