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 3:5
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 3:1
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
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 3:4
Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
Psalms 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
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.”
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;
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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.
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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Psalms 52:1
Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
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