Psalm 120:2-3
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2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
Proverbs 16:27
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:27 Lit. A man of Belial
Mark 7:15
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15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that (A)defile a man.
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Matthew 15:11-20
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11 (A)Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, (B)“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. (C)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
15 (D)Then Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”
16 So Jesus said, (E)“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that (F)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But (G)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 (H)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
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Mark 7:20-22
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20 And He said, (A)“What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. 21 (B)For from within, out of the heart of men, (C)proceed evil thoughts, (D)adulteries, (E)fornications, murders, 22 thefts, (F)covetousness, wickedness, (G)deceit, (H)lewdness, an evil eye, (I)blasphemy, (J)pride, foolishness.
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Proverbs 15:1
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A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath
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Colossians 3:8-9
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8 (A)But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
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Luke 16:24
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24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and (A)cool my tongue; for I (B)am tormented in this flame.’
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Proverbs 6:19
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Proverbs 7:21-23
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21 [a]With (A)her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
(B)With her flattering lips she [b]seduced him.
22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or [c]as a fool to the correction of the [d]stocks,
23 Till an arrow struck his liver.
(C)As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it [e]would cost his life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 By the greatness of her words
- Proverbs 7:21 compelled
- Proverbs 7:22 LXX, Syr., Tg. as a dog to bonds; Vg. as a lamb . . . to bonds
- Proverbs 7:22 shackles
- Proverbs 7:23 Lit. is for
Psalm 140:3
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3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent;
The (A)poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
Matthew 12:32-36
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32 Anyone who (A)speaks a word against the Son of Man, (B)it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
A Tree Known by Its Fruit(C)
33 “Either make the tree good and (D)its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 (E)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (F)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure [b]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
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- Matthew 12:34 Offspring
- Matthew 12:35 NU, M omit of his heart
Psalm 64:3
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3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
Jude 8-10
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8 (A)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and (B)speak evil of [a]dignitaries. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in [b]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, (C)“The Lord rebuke you!” 10 (D)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.
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3 John 10
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10 Therefore, if I come, I will call to mind his deeds which he does, (A)prating[a] against us with malicious words. And not content with that, he himself does not receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish to, putting them out of the church.
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- 3 John 1:10 talking nonsense
James 2:7
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7 Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are (A)called?
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one is (A)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (B)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (C)those who perish, because they did not receive (D)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (E)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (F)that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but (G)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Romans 3:13-14
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13 “Their(A) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(B)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose(C) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
Footnotes
- Romans 3:13 grave
Acts 6:13
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13 They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak [a]blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
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- Acts 6:13 NU omits blasphemous
Acts 5:3
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3 (A)But Peter said, “Ananias, why has (B)Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
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Mark 14:55-57
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55 (A)Now the chief priests and all the council sought testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but found none. 56 For many bore (B)false witness against Him, but their testimonies [a]did not agree.
57 Then some rose up and bore false witness against Him, saying,
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- Mark 14:56 were not consistent
Matthew 12:24
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24 (A)Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by [a]Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
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- Matthew 12:24 NU, M Beelzebul, a Philistine deity
Matthew 5:22
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22 But I say to you that (A)whoever is angry with his brother [a]without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, (B)‘Raca!’[b] shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, [c]‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of [d]hell fire.
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- Matthew 5:22 NU omits without a cause
- Matthew 5:22 Lit., in Aram., Empty head
- Matthew 5:22 Gr. More
- Matthew 5:22 Gr. Gehenna
Proverbs 26:20-21
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20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no [a]talebearer, strife ceases.
21 (A)As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:20 gossip or slanderer, lit. whisperer
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