Proverbs 16:27
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27 Scoundrels concoct evil,
and their speech is like a scorching fire.(A)
James 3:6
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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.[a](A)
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- 3.6 Gk Gehenna
Proverbs 6:14
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14 with perverted mind devising evil,
continually sowing discord;(A)
Isaiah 5:18
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18 Woe to those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,
who drag sin along as with cart ropes,(A)
Proverbs 6:12
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12 A scoundrel and a villain
goes around with crooked speech,(A)
Psalm 57:4
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4 I lie down among lions
that greedily devour[a] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.(A)
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- 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for
Psalm 52:2-4
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2 you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
you worker of treachery.(A)
3 You love evil more than good
and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah(B)
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.(C)
Psalm 17:14-15
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14 from mortals—by your hand, O Lord—
from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
may their children have more than enough;
may they leave something over to their little ones.(A)
15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.(B)
1 Samuel 25:17
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17 Now, therefore, know this and consider what you should do, for evil has been decided against our master and against all his house; he is so ill-natured that no one can speak to him.”
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Proverbs 2:4
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4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures—(A)
2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out,
“We have no portion in David,
no share in the son of Jesse!
Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”(A)
Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Is it not from the Lord of hosts
that peoples labor only to feed the flames
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
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