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James 3:5
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

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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.

Psalms 12:3
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

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.

2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

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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.

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.

Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

Matthew 12:36
I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

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

Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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