Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
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Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
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Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Genesis 8:21
And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.
Proverbs 23:7
For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
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Genesis 41:37
And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
Psalms 105:19
Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.
Acts 7:10
And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
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Deuteronomy 11:19
Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:
Psalms 34:1
Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour before Abimelech, who sent him away, and he went. I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.
Psalms 35:28
And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.
Psalms 40:8
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
Psalms 40:10
Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.
Psalms 51:14
Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.
Psalms 71:8
My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.
Psalms 71:16
I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.
Psalms 71:18
Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
Ephesians 5:4
And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.
Ephesians 5:19
Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
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2 Samuel 7:2
The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.
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1 Kings 7:50
And the cups and the scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, all of gold; and the pins on which the doors were turned, the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, all of gold.
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2 Chronicles 12:7
And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
Isaiah 16:14
But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.
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Job 1:8
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?
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Job 28:12
But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?
Job 28:13
Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.
Job 28:14
The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.
Job 28:15
Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.
Job 28:16
It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.
Job 28:17
Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.
Job 28:18
There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
Job 28:19
The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.
Psalms 119:72
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalms 119:127
For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
Psalms 119:162
I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.
Proverbs 2:4
If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
Proverbs 2:5
Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.
Proverbs 3:15
She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her.
Proverbs 23:23
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
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Psalms 12:6
The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.
Psalms 66:10
For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
Proverbs 25:4
Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.
Isaiah 1:22
Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.
Jeremiah 6:30
They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.
Ezekiel 22:18
Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste.
Daniel 2:32
As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass,
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
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Psalms 39:1
To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David. I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
Psalms 52:2
Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
Psalms 64:3
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
Psalms 120:3
What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
Psalms 140:3
Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)
Psalms 141:3
O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 6:17
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Proverbs 21:23
He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Matthew 12:36
And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;
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.
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Psalms 40:9
I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.
Psalms 71:17
O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.
Psalms 119:13
With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.
Luke 6:45
The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.
Ephesians 5:3
But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
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Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
Proverbs 8:10
Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Acts 3:6
But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.
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Proverbs 10:2
Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death.
Proverbs 10:3
The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
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Proverbs 10:8
The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
Proverbs 18:5
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
2 Corinthians 11:15
So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.
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Proverbs 10:12
Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
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Proverbs 10:17
He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.
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Proverbs 12:17
The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
Proverbs 12:19
True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
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Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
Proverbs 13:17
A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
Daniel 11:33
And those who are wise among the people will be the teachers of the mass of the people: but they will come to their downfall by the sword and by the flame, being made prisoners and undergoing loss for a long time.
John 7:38
He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.
Revelation 22:2
In the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, having twelve sorts of fruits, giving its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree give life to the nations.
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Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
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Proverbs 16:13
Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.
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Proverbs 17:7
Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.
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Ecclesiastes 12:6
Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;
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Psalms 45:2
You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.
Song of Solomon 4:3
Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.
Song of Solomon 4:11
Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 5:13
His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 7:9
And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.
Luke 4:22
And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?
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Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.
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Hosea 3:2
So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
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Proverbs 11:22
Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.
Matthew 7:6
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
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Matthew 12:28
But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you.
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Proverbs 12:6
The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.
Proverbs 18:6
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
Isaiah 59:5
They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake.
Matthew 12:37
For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
Titus 1:10
For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
Titus 1:11
By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
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 3:7
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.
2 Peter 2:18
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
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1 Samuel 10:27
But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.
Matthew 25:30
And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Romans 3:12
They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:
Romans 3:16
Destruction and trouble are in their ways;
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Matthew 10:13
And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.
2 Corinthians 5:18
But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;
2 Corinthians 5:19
That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
2 Corinthians 5:20
So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Philippians 4:9
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
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Proverbs 16:20
He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:6
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
Ephesians 3:4
By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;
Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
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