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Proverbs 28:23
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

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Proverbs 29:5
A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

Psalms 5:9
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Proverbs 2:16
To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

Proverbs 26:28
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

Job 32:21
Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.

Psalms 12:2
Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

Psalms 12:3
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 2:5
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

Proverbs 7:5
So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

Proverbs 24:24
He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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Psalms 141:5
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.

Proverbs 27:5
Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Proverbs 27:6
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

Matthew 18:15
And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

Leviticus 19:17
Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

2 Samuel 12:7
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

1 Kings 1:23
And they said to the king, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he went down on his face on the earth.

1 Kings 1:32
And King David said, Send for Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

Proverbs 25:12
Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.

Galatians 2:11
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

2 Peter 3:15
And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

2 Peter 3:16
And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

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Proverbs 9:7
He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.

Proverbs 9:8
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

Proverbs 9:9
Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

Proverbs 14:7
Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 15:12
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 21:24
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

Proverbs 22:10
Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

Proverbs 23:9
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:4
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Proverbs 26:5
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

Romans 12:17
Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

Romans 12:18
As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

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Jeremiah 7:24
But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

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