Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
--------------------
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
--------------------
Proverbs 18:20
A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
-----
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!
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.
James 3:9
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
James 3:10
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
-----
Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
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.
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.”
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.
Psalms 141:3
Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.
Proverbs 17:27
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
2 Corinthians 2:16
to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
-----
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.”
-----
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,
Psalms 59:7
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
Proverbs 6:17
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
-----
Proverbs 18:17
He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
Proverbs 18:18
The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
Proverbs 18:19
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
-----
Proverbs 18:5
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
-----
Proverbs 12:14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.
Proverbs 13:2
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.
-----
Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
-----
Psalms 12:3
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
-----
Psalms 12:4
who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
-----
Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
Proverbs 18:23
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
-----
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Public Domain