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The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.
Proverbs 18:21
21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.
James 3:1-6,
1) Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
2) For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn‘t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
3) Indeed, we put bits into the horses‘ mouths so that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
4) Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5) So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
6) 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.
Proverbs 10:19
19) In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.
Proverbs 21:23
23) Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.
James 1:19
19) So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Matthew 15:19
19) For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
Psalm 19:14
14) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. Psalm 20 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Matthew 12:34-36
34) You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
35) The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36) I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Psalm 141:3
3) Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
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