The tongue

THE TONGUE

JOB 2:10 NKJV
     But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

PSALM 15:3 NKJV
     He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;

PSALM 34:13 NKJV
     Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile.

PSALM 37:30 NKJV
     The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice.

PSALM 39:1 NKJV
     I said, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me."

PSALM 45:2 NKJV
     You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.

PSALM 64:8 NKJV
     So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.

PSALM 140:3 NKJV
     They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips.

PSALM 140:9 NKJV
     "As for the head of those who surround me, Let the evil of their lips cover them;

PROVERBS 10:14 NKJV
     Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

PROVERBS 10:18-21 NKJV
18   Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.
19   In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.
20   The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.
21   The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.

PROVERBS 10:31-32 NKJV
31   The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the perverse tongue will be cut out.
32   The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

PROVERBS 11:9 NKJV
     The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

PROVERBS 12:13-14 NKJV
13   The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will come through trouble.
14   A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth,

PROVERBS 12:23 NKJV
     A prudent man conceals knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

PROVERBS 13:2-3 NKJV
2    A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence
3    He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

PROVERBS 13:16 NKJV
     Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.

PROVERBS 15:1-2 NKJV
1    A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
2    The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth
foolishness.

PROVERBS 15:28 NKJV
     The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.

PROVERBS 16:23 NKJV
     The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

PROVERBS 16:27-28 NKJV
27   An ungodly man digs up evil, And it is on his lips like a burning fire.
28   A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

PROVERBS 18:6-8 NKJV
6    A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows.
7    A fools mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
8    The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

PROVERBS 18:20-21 NKJV
20   A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, And from the produce of his lips he shall be filled.
21   Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

PROVERBS 21:23 NKJV
     Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Keeps his soul from troubles.

ECCLESIASTES 5:2-3 NKJV
2    Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.
3    For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool's voice is known by his many words.

ECCLESIASTES 10:12-14 NKJV
12   The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;
13   The words of his mouth begin with foolishness, And the end of his talk is raving madness.
14   A fool also multiplies words. No man knows what is to be; Who can tell him what will be after him?

MATTHEW 12:34-37 NKJV
34   "Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35   "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36   "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
37   "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

MATTHEW 15:7-11 NKJV
7    "Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8    'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
9    And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the
commandments of men.'"
10   Then He called the multitude and said to them, "Hear and understand:
11   "Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

MATTHEW 15:17-20 NKJV
17   "Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?
18   "But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.
19   "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
20   "These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

LUKE 4:22 NKJV
     So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth, And they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

LUKE 6:45 NKJV
     "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

EPHESIANS 4:31 NKJV
     Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

COLOSSIANS 3:8 NKJV
     But now you must also put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

TITUS 3:1-3 NKJV
1    Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
2    to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
3    For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

JAMES 3:1-12 NKJV
1    My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
2    For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3    Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body,
4    Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
5    Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
6    And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
7    For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
8    But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9    With if we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
10   Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
11   Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?
12   Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring can yield both salt water and fresh.

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