Verse set: Taming the Tongue§↻

Verses

• Psalm 34:13: Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
  
  
• Psalm 141:3: O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!
  
  
• Proverbs 10:19: When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.
  
  
• Proverbs 12:18: Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
  
  
• Proverbs 15:1: A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
  
  
• Proverbs 15:4: Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.
  
  
• Proverbs 17:28: Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.
  
  
• Proverbs 18:21: Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
  
  
• Proverbs 21:23: The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.
  
  
• Matthew 15:11: What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person."
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• James 3:10: From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.
  
  
• 1 Peter 3:10: Forthe one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
  
  

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