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Luke 6:45
A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
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Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim bitter words like arrows,
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Job 9:22-24
It is all the same. Therefore I say,“ He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”When catastrophe brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.The earth is handed over to the wicked; he blindfolds its judges. If it isn’t he, then who is it?
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James 3:5-8
So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how a small fire sets ablaze a large forest.And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among our members. It stains the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and fish is tamed and has been tamed by humankind,but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
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Jeremiah 9:3-5
They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the LORD’s declaration.Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don’t trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander.Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they wear themselves out doing wrong.
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Psalms 120:2-3
“ LORD, rescue me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.”What will he give you, and what will he do to you, you deceitful tongue?
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Psalms 50:19-20
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son.
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Job 5:13
He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.
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Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are deadly arrows— they speak deception. With his mouth one speaks peaceably with his friend, but inwardly he sets up an ambush.
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Psalms 52:2-4
Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. SelahYou love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!
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Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who trouble God are secure; God holds them in his hands.
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Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, self-indulgence, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.