James 3:5
"Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!"
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- Proverbs 18:21
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 9:3
"And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:18
"There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:2
"The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 17:10
"They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 73:8
"They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 12:2
"They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 52:1
"Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually."
Read in chapter → - Jude 1:16
"These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 18:18
"Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words."
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