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So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.”
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the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
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Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies.
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those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
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In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.
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The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just.
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I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
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He will turn their own tongues against them and bring them to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
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that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”
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Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
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But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;
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for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
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Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
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They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
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Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
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Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.
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Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.
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Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,
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“The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning.
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They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.”
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Yes,” declares the Lord, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The Lord declares.’
