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Psalms 39:1
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

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Psalms 39:2
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

Psalms 141:3
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

James 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

James 3:3
Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

James 1:26
If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Psalms 17:3
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

James 3:8
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.

Psalms 38:14
Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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