James 3:8

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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Genesis 31:1
Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

Deuteronomy 32:24
They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

Job 31:31
If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?

Psalms 120:3
What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

Psalms 120:4
Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

Psalms 140:9
As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

Proverbs 11:18
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

Proverbs 14:30
A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

Ecclesiastes 4:4
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Romans 13:13
With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

Titus 3:3
For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

Revelation 21:8
But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

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Genesis 31:32
As for your gods, if anyone of us has them, let him be put to death: make search before us all for what is yours, and take it. For Jacob had no knowledge that Rachel had taken them.

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1 Samuel 22:18
Then the king said to Doeg, You are to put the priests to death. And Doeg the Edomite, turning on the priests and attacking them, put to death that day eighty-five men who took up the ephod.

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1 Samuel 22:19
And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.

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1 Samuel 24:13
There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

Proverbs 6:12
A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

Matthew 15:11
Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

Matthew 15:18
But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

Revelation 13:5
And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.

Revelation 13:6
And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.

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Job 3:3
Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.

Job 8:2
How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

Job 19:2
How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

Job 38:2
Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

Job 42:3
Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

Job 42:6
For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

Job 42:7
And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Job 42:8
And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

Psalms 139:4
For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

Zephaniah 1:12
And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.

Malachi 3:13
Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

Malachi 3:14
You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?

Malachi 3:15
And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

Malachi 3:16
Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

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Deuteronomy 32:33
Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.

Job 20:16
He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

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Job 31:29
If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

Psalms 7:14
That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

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 64:5
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

Psalms 140:2
For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

Psalms 141:3
O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Proverbs 18:8
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

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.

Isaiah 59:13
We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

Hosea 4:2
There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

Romans 3:14
Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

2 Peter 2:7
And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers

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Psalms 16:9
Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

Psalms 57:8
You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.

Acts 2:26
And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:

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Proverbs 10:10
He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.

Proverbs 10:14
Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

Proverbs 12:23
A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

Proverbs 13:16
A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

Proverbs 17:27
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

Proverbs 17:28
Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

Proverbs 29:11
A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

Proverbs 29:20
Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

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Psalms 107:42
The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

Proverbs 5:2
So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.

Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

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.

Romans 10:14
But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?

Colossians 4:6
Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

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Proverbs 11:9
With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

Proverbs 11:12
He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

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.

Colossians 3:8
But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

Jude 1:10
But these men say evil about such things as they have no knowledge of; and the things of which they have natural knowledge, like beasts without reason, are the cause of their destruction.

Jude 1:13
Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

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Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

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Psalms 55:12
For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

Psalms 140:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

Proverbs 16:27
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

Proverbs 17:20
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

Proverbs 25:18
One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Isaiah 29:13
And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

Jeremiah 6:28
All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

Jeremiah 9:6
There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:7
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.

Romans 3:4
In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

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Ezekiel 2:6
And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

Ezekiel 2:7
And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.

Ezekiel 2:8
But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.

Ezekiel 13:7
Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing?

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Matthew 12:31
So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

Matthew 12:32
And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

Matthew 12:33
Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

Luke 11:15
But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.

Luke 11:18
If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

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Matthew 19:19
Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

Romans 13:9
And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

Galatians 5:14
For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

James 1:25
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

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Mark 5:4
Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

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Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

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?

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Psalms 51:15
O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

Psalms 63:3
Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.

Psalms 66:17
My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.

Romans 6:19
I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

Romans 12:1
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

1 Corinthians 6:20
For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

Hebrews 13:15
Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

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Psalms 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

James 3:1
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

James 3:13
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

1 Peter 3:10
For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

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Job 5:21
He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

Job 15:5
For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

Job 15:35
Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

Psalms 12:4
They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

Psalms 31:20
You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

Psalms 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

Psalms 50:20
You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

Psalms 120:2
O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Mark 7:22
The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

Luke 19:22
He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

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