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Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

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Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions. I lie among those who 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 sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

Psalms 52:2
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalms 59:7
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

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James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

James 3:7
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;

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

Matthew 12:34
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Romans 3:13
“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips.”

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

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Proverbs 15:4
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

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

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Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

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Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

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

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