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James 3:2
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James 3:2
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2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(A)
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- 3.2 Gk a mature man
James 3:2
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James 3:2
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2 We all stumble(A) in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say(B) is perfect,(C) able to keep their whole body in check.(D)
James 1:26
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James 1:26
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26 If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.(A)
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James 1:26
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James 1:26
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26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues(A) deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 13:3
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3 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.(A)
Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 13:3
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1 Peter 3:10
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1 Peter 3:10
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10 For
“Those who desire to love life
and to see good days,
let them keep their tongues from evil
and their lips from speaking deceit;
1 Peter 3:10
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1 Peter 3:10
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10 For,
“Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
Matthew 12:37
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Matthew 12:37
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37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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Matthew 12:37
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37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(A)
James 3:5-6
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James 3:5-6
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5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a such a small fire!(A) 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](B)
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- 3.6 Gk Gehenna
James 3:5-6
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5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.(A) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire,(B) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(C) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(D)
Psalm 34:13
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Psalm 34:13
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13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.(A)
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Psalm 34:13
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James 1:4
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James 1:4
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4 And let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing.
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4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature(A) and complete, not lacking anything.
Romans 3:10
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Romans 3:10
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Romans 3:10
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Romans 3:10
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10 As it is written:
“There is no one righteous, not even one;
Isaiah 64:6
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Isaiah 64:6
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6 We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.(A)
Isaiah 64:6
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Isaiah 64:6
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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Proverbs 20:9
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Proverbs 20:9
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9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean;
I am pure from my sin”?(A)
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Proverbs 20:9
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1 Kings 8:46
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1 Kings 8:46
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46 “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,(A)
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1 Kings 8:46
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