James 3:8

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

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Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

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

Psalms 50:19
“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

Psalms 52:3
You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

Psalms 52:4
You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

Isaiah 59:4
No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.

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Psalms 30:12
to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

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Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

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.

Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools gush out folly.

Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

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

Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

Ephesians 5:4
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.

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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Titus 1:10
For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

Titus 1:11
whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

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James 1:8
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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James 5:3
Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.

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