By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions.
A greedy man stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
After this I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent of witness in heaven was opened, and out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
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