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Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalms 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Psalms 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

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James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

James 3:7
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

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Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

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Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

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Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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