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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Ephesians 4:29
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29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up,[a] as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
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- 4.29 Other ancient authorities read building up faith
Psalm 141:3
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3 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
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;
Proverbs 19:1
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19 Better the poor walking in integrity
than one perverse of speech who is a fool.(A)
Ephesians 5:4
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4 Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.
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Psalm 34:13
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13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.(A)
Proverbs 10:31
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31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.(A)
Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.(A)
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Proverbs 10:19
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19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but the prudent are restrained in speech.(A)
James 1:22
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22 But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.(A)
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James 3:2-6
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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) 3 If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. 4 Or look at ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, yet 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 it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a such a small fire!(B) 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.[b](C)
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James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,(A)
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Luke 8:18
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18 So pay attention to how you listen, for to those who have, more will be given, and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.”(A)
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Proverbs 16:25
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25 Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right,
but in the end it is the way to death.(A)
Psalm 39:1-2
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Psalm 39
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will guard my ways
that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”(A)
2 I was silent and still;
I held my peace to no avail;
my distress grew worse;(B)
Galatians 6:3
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3 For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.(A)
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Proverbs 14:12
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- 14.12 Heb ways of death
Proverbs 13:2-3
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2 From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things,
but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
3 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.(A)
Deuteronomy 11:16
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16 Take care, or you will be seduced into turning away, serving other gods and worshiping them,(A)
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Galatians 2:6
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6 And from those who were supposed to be acknowledged leaders (what they actually were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those leaders contributed nothing to me.(A)
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Mark 7:7
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7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching human precepts as doctrines.’
Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”(A)
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Proverbs 21:26
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- 21.26 Gk: Heb all day long one covets covetously
1 Corinthians 15:2
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2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.(A)
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