Psalm 141:3
New Living Translation
3 Take control of what I say, O Lord,
and guard my lips.
James 1:26
New Living Translation
26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
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Psalm 39:1
New Living Translation
Psalm 39
For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
Micah 7:5
New Living Translation
5 Don’t trust anyone—
not your best friend or even your wife!
Psalm 34:13
New Living Translation
13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
James 3:2
New Living Translation
2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.
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Psalm 71:8
New Living Translation
8 That is why I can never stop praising you;
I declare your glory all day long.
Psalm 17:3-5
New Living Translation
3 You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.
You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.
I am determined not to sin in what I say.
4 I have followed your commands,
which keep me from following cruel and evil people.
5 My steps have stayed on your path;
I have not wavered from following you.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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