Proverbs 17:20
"He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief."
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- James 3:6
"And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:31
"The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 6:12
"A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 18:26
"With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 3:32
"For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 10:12
"The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:6
"A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 8:13
"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:14
"Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:10
"He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall."
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