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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Ephesians 4:29
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29 (A)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give (B)grace to those who hear.
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Psalm 141:3
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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;
Proverbs 19:1
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19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity
than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
Ephesians 5:4
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4 Let there be (A)no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, (B)which are out of place, but instead (C)let there be thanksgiving.
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Psalm 34:13
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Proverbs 10:31
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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech always (A)be gracious, (B)seasoned with salt, (C)so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 (A)When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
(B)but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
James 1:22
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22 But be (A)doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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James 3:2-6
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2 For (A)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, (B)he is a perfect man, (C)able also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put (D)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 (E)it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And (F)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (G)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b]
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James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 (A)Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person (B)be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, (D)slow to anger;
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Luke 8:18
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18 (A)Take care then how you hear, (B)for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”
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Proverbs 16:25
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25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death
Psalm 39:1-2
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What Is the Measure of My Days?
To the choirmaster: to (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will (B)guard my ways,
that I (C)may not sin with my tongue;
I will (D)guard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
2 I was (E)mute and silent;
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.
Galatians 6:3
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3 For (A)if anyone thinks he is something, (B)when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Proverbs 14:12
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:12 Hebrew ways of death
Deuteronomy 11:16
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16 Take care (A)lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and (B)serve other gods and worship them;
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Galatians 2:6
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6 And from those (A)who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; (B)God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential (C)added nothing to me.
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Mark 7:7
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7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’
Isaiah 44:20
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20 (A)He feeds on (B)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (C)a lie in my right hand?”
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Proverbs 21:26
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26 All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous (A)gives and does not hold back.
1 Corinthians 15:2
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2 and by which (A)you are being saved, if you (B)hold fast to the word I preached to you—(C)unless you believed in vain.
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