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Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.
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Ephesians 4:29
You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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Matthew 12:34-37
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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John 7:38
let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says,‘ From within him will flow rivers of living water.’”
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Psalms 37:30-31
The godly speak wise words and promote justice.The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.
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Psalms 59:12
They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
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Proverbs 12:18
Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
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James 3:5-8
So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Psalms 52:2-4
Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.( Selah)You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.
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Proverbs 10:20-21
What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
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Romans 3:13-14
“ Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”“ Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
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Psalms 12:2-4
People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!They say,“ We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?”
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Psalms 40:8-10
I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O LORD, you know this is true.I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.
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Psalms 41:6-7
When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.
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Jeremiah 9:2-5
( 9: 1) I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.The LORD says,“ These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
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Ephesians 5:3-4
But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting– all of which are out of character– but rather thanksgiving.
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Hebrews 8:10
“ For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
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Acts 8:19-23
saying,“ Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”
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Ephesians 5:19
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
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Psalms 64:3-8
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“ Who will see them?”They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
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Psalms 71:15-18
I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign LORD. I will proclaim your justice– yours alone.O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
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Psalms 140:5
Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.( Selah)
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Proverbs 15:23
A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!
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Psalms 59:7
Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“ Who hears?”
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Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
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Ephesians 3:8
To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
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Proverbs 22:17-18
Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.
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2 Corinthians 4 6-2 Corinthians 4 7
For God, who said“ Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
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Acts 5:3
But Peter said,“ Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?
