Psalms 107:42
42 aThe upright see it and are glad,and ball wickedness shuts its mouth.
Proverbs 10:6
6Blessings are on the head of the righteous,but cthe mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
12 The words of a wise man’s mouth dwin him favor, ▼▼Or are gracious
but fthe lips of a fool consume him.
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,
and the end of his talk is evil madness.
14 gA fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him hwhat will be after him?
Matthew 12:34-37
34 iYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, jwhen you are evil? kFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 lThe good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36I tell you, mon the day of judgment npeople will give account for oevery careless word they speak, 37for pby your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”James 3:5-8
5So also the tongue is a small member, yet qit boasts of great things.How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6And rthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, sstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ▼
▼Or wheel of birth
and set on fire by hell. ▼▼Greek Gehenna
7For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, vfull of deadly poison.
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