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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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Psalms 45:5
Your sharpened arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under you.
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Psalms 57:4
I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among devouring lions— people whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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Proverbs 11:18
The wicked person earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
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Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
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Psalms 52:5
This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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Psalms 140:9-11
When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.Let hot coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into the abyss, never again to rise.Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.
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Psalms 7:13
He has prepared his deadly weapons; he tips his arrows with fire.
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Proverbs 11:12
Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks sense, but a person with understanding keeps silent.
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Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Revelation 21:8
But the cowards, faithless, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars— their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
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Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies perishes.
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Proverbs 11:9
With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
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Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but faithful people are his delight.
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Psalms 59:7
Look, they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips.“ For who,” they say,“ will hear?”
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Deuteronomy 32:23-24
“ I will pile disasters on them; I will use up my arrows against them.They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.
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Proverbs 16:27
A worthless person digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
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Proverbs 18:8
A gossip’s words are like choice food that goes down to one’s innermost being.