Proverbs 21:23
He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
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Proverbs 21:23
He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
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Proverbs 15:1
By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.
Proverbs 29:8
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
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Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
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Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
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Proverbs 21:22
A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
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Hebrews 12:14
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
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Hebrews 12:15
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
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James 3:3
Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.
James 3:4
And again ships, though they are so great and are moved by violent winds, are turned by a very small guiding-blade, at the impulse of the man who is using it.
James 3:5
Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
James 3:7
For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;
James 3:8
But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
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James 3:9
With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
James 3:10
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.
James 3:11
Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
James 3:12
Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?
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