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Proverbs 16:24
Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. (niv)
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Proverbs 15:4
The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. (niv)
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Psalms 52:2
You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor. (niv)
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James 3:6-8
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. (niv)
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Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright. (niv)
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Psalms 57:4
I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. (niv)
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Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense. (niv)
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Psalms 64:3
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows. (niv)
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Proverbs 4:22
for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. (niv)
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Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing. (niv)
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Psalms 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think,“ Who can hear us?” (niv)
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Daniel 11:33
“ Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered. (niv)
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Proverbs 25:18
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor. (niv)
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Revelation 1:16
In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double- edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. (niv)
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Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (niv)