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
Proverbs 13:3
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3 (A)He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
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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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
James 3:5-6
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5 Even so (A)the tongue is a little member and (B)boasts great things.
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And (C)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (D)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [b]nature; and it is set on fire by [c]hell.
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Psalm 34:13
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13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking (A)deceit.
1 John 1:8-10
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8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we (A)confess our sins, He is (B)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to (C)cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we (D)make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
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Proverbs 20:9
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9 (A)Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?
Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 (A)For there is not a just man on earth who does good
And does not sin.
Romans 3:10
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James 1:4
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4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [a]perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
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- James 1:4 mature
1 Kings 8:46
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46 “When they sin against You (A)(for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive (B)to the land of the enemy, far or near;
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James 2:10
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10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet (A)stumble in one point, (B)he is guilty of all.
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Isaiah 64:6
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6 But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all (A)our righteousnesses are like [a]filthy rags;
We all (B)fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.
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- Isaiah 64:6 Lit. a filthy garment
1 Corinthians 9:27
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27 (A)But I discipline my body and (B)bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become (C)disqualified.
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Hebrews 13:21
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21 make you [a]complete in every good work to do His will, (A)working in [b]you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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- Hebrews 13:21 perfect
- Hebrews 13:21 NU, M us
Colossians 4:12
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12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always (B)laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand (C)perfect and [a]complete in all the will of God.
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- Colossians 4:12 NU fully assured
Colossians 1:28
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28 Him we preach, (A)warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, (B)that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 3:22
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22 But the Scripture has confined (A)all under sin, (B)that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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Romans 7:21
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21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.
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1 Peter 5:10
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10 But [a]may the God of all grace, (A)who called [b]us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, [c]perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
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- 1 Peter 5:10 NU the God of all grace,
- 1 Peter 5:10 NU, M you
- 1 Peter 5:10 NU will perfect
Galatians 5:17
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17 For (A)the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, (B)so that you do not do the things that you wish.
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2 Chronicles 6:36
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36 “When they sin against You (for there is (A)no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them (B)captive to a land far or near;
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