Proverbs 14:3
New Living Translation
3 A fool’s proud talk becomes a rod that beats him,
but the words of the wise keep them safe.
Proverbs 14:3
New International Version
Proverbs 14:3
King James Version
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Proverbs 12:6
New Living Translation
6 The words of the wicked are like a murderous ambush,
but the words of the godly save lives.
Proverbs 12:6
New International Version
6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
but the speech of the upright rescues them.(A)
Proverbs 12:6
King James Version
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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James 3:5-6
New Living Translation
5 In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.
But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. 6 And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[a]
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- 3:6 Or for it will burn in hell (Greek Gehenna).
James 3:5-6
New International Version
5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.(A) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire,(B) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(C) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(D)
James 3:5-6
King James Version
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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Revelation 12:11
New Living Translation
11 And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
and by their testimony.
And they did not love their lives so much
that they were afraid to die.
Revelation 12:11
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Revelation 12:11
King James Version
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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Revelation 3:10
New Living Translation
10 “Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.
Revelation 3:10
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Revelation 3:10
King James Version
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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2 Peter 2:18
New Living Translation
18 They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.
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2 Peter 2:18
New International Version
18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error.
2 Peter 2:18
King James Version
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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Romans 10:9-10
New Living Translation
9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
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Romans 10:9-10
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Romans 10:9-10
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9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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Daniel 7:20
New Living Translation
20 I also asked about the ten horns on the fourth beast’s head and the little horn that came up afterward and destroyed three of the other horns. This horn had seemed greater than the others, and it had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.
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Daniel 7:20
New International Version
20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns(A) on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully.(B)
Daniel 7:20
King James Version
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
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Proverbs 28:25
New Living Translation
25 Greed causes fighting;
trusting the Lord leads to prosperity.
Proverbs 28:25
New International Version
Proverbs 28:25
King James Version
25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
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