Proverbs 17:20
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20 (A)A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
James 3:6-8
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (B)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b] 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, (C)full of deadly poison.
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Proverbs 10:31
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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Proverbs 18:6-7
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6 A fool's lips walk into a fight,
and his mouth invites (A)a beating.
7 (B)A fool's mouth is his ruin,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 10:14
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Proverbs 10:10
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10 Whoever (A)winks the eye causes trouble,
and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 8:13
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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is (B)hatred of evil.
(C)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and (D)perverted speech I hate.
Proverbs 6:12-15
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12 (A)A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with (B)crooked speech,
13 (C)winks with his eyes, signals[a] with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 with (D)perverted heart (E)devises evil,
continually (F)sowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
(G)in a moment he will be broken (H)beyond healing.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:13 Hebrew scrapes
Proverbs 3:32
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32 for (A)the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
but the upright are (B)in his confidence.
Psalm 18:26
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26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with (A)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:12 Or are gracious
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