-
James 3:2-6
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.Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.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.So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!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.
-
Job 15:25-27
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
-
Job 9:4
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
-
Job 10:3
Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
-
Psalms 34:13
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.
-
Romans 8:7-8
because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be.Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
-
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
-
Malachi 3:13
“ Your words have been stout against me,” says Yahweh.“ Yet you say,‘ What have we spoken against you?’
-
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.