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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 18:20
A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Matthew 12:37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

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;

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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,

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