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Luke 6:45
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
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Psalms 64:3
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
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Job 9:22-24
It is all the same; that is why I say,‘ He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
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James 3:5-8
Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind,but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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James 1:26
Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
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Jeremiah 9:3-5
“ They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.“ Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer.Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning.
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Psalms 120:2-3
Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
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Psalms 50:19-20
You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
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Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them.
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Psalms 52:2-4
You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
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Job 12:6
The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.
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Mark 7:21-22
For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come— sexual immorality, theft, murder,adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.