Proverbs 13:2
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2 From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(A)
but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.
Matthew 12:37
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37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(A)
Matthew 15:11
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11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them,(A) but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”(B)
Matthew 15:18-20
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18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(A) and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.(B) 20 These are what defile a person;(C) but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
James 3:8
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8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.(A)
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