Psalm 34:13
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James 3:5-10
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5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet (A)it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And (B)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (C)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, (D)full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people (E)who are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers,[c] these things ought not to be so.
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- James 3:6 Or wheel of birth
- James 3:6 Greek Gehenna
- James 3:10 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 12
1 Peter 2:22
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22 (A)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
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Proverbs 21:23
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Psalm 141:3
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James 1:26
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26 If anyone thinks he is religious (A)and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's (B)religion is worthless.
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James 3:2
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2 For (A)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, (B)he is a perfect man, (C)able also to bridle his whole body.
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James 1:19
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Hearing and Doing the Word
19 (A)Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person (B)be quick to hear, (C)slow to speak, (D)slow to anger;
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Colossians 3:9
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9 (A)Do not lie to one another, seeing that (B)you have put off (C)the old self[a] with its practices
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- Colossians 3:9 Greek man; also as supplied in verse 10
Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 12:22
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22 (A)Lying lips are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
(C)but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Proverbs 12:19
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19 Truthful lips endure forever,
but (A)a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Psalm 39:1
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What Is the Measure of My Days?
To the choirmaster: to (A)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will (B)guard my ways,
that I (C)may not sin with my tongue;
I will (D)guard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
1 Peter 2:1
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A Living Stone and a Holy People
2 (A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
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Matthew 12:35-37
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35 (A)The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, (B)on the day of judgment (C)people will give account for (D)every careless word they speak, 37 for (E)by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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Proverbs 18:21
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21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Revelation 14:4-5
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4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for (A)they are virgins. It is these (B)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as (C)firstfruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and (D)in their mouth no lie was found, for they are (E)blameless.
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Proverbs 19:9
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Psalm 55:11
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11 ruin is in its midst;
(A)oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
Isaiah 63:8
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8 For he said, “Surely they are my people,
children who will not deal falsely.”
And he became their Savior.
Proverbs 12:7
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