James 1:26
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26 If anyone [a]among you thinks he is religious, and (A)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.
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- James 1:26 NU omits among you
Ephesians 4:29
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29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but (B)what is good for necessary [a]edification, (C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.
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- Ephesians 4:29 building up
Psalm 141:3
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3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my (A)mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
1 Peter 3:10
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10 For
(A)“He who would love life
And see good days,
(B)Let him [a]refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
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- 1 Peter 3:10 restrain
Proverbs 19:1
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The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life
19 Better (A)is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Ephesians 5:4
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4 (A)neither filthiness, nor (B)foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, (C)which are not fitting, but rather (D)giving of thanks.
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Psalm 34:13
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13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking (A)deceit.
Proverbs 10:31
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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
But the perverse tongue will be cut out.
Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech always be (A)with grace, (B)seasoned with salt, (C)that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
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Proverbs 10:19
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James 1:22
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22 But (A)be 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 things. (B)If anyone does not stumble in word, (C)he is a [a]perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 [b]Indeed, (D)we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. 5 Even so (E)the tongue is a little member and (F)boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And (G)the tongue is a fire, a world of [c]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (H)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [d]nature; and it is set on fire by [e]hell.
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James 1:19
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Qualities Needed in Trials
19 [a]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, (A)slow to speak, (B)slow to wrath;
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- James 1:19 NU Know this or This you know
Luke 8:18
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18 Therefore take heed how you hear. (A)For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he [a]seems to (B)have will be taken from him.”
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- Luke 8:18 thinks that he has
Proverbs 16:25
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25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of (A)death.
Psalm 39:1-2
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Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my (A)tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
2 (B)I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
Galatians 6:3
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3 For (A)if anyone thinks himself to be something, when (B)he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Proverbs 14:12
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Proverbs 13:2-3
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2 (A)A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth,
But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.
3 (B)He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Deuteronomy 11:16
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16 Take heed to yourselves, (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 But from those (A)who seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; (B)God [a]shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something (C)added nothing to me.
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- Galatians 2:6 Lit. does not receive the face of a man
Mark 7:7
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7 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on ashes;
(A)A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a (B)lie in my right hand?”
Proverbs 21:26
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26 He covets greedily all day long,
But the righteous (A)gives and does not spare.
1 Corinthians 15:2
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2 (A)by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless (B)you believed in vain.
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