Psalms 31:20

20In athe cover of your presence you hide them
from the plots of men;
you bstore them in your shelter
from the strife of tongues.

Psalms 55:21

21His cspeech was dsmooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were edrawn swords.

Psalms 57:4

4 My soul is in the midst of flions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose gteeth are spears and arrows,
whose htongues are sharp swords.

Proverbs 12:18

18 iThere is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings jhealing.

Isaiah 54:17

17no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
kand their vindication
Or righteousness
from me, declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah 18:18

18Then they said, mCome, let us make plots against Jeremiah, nfor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. oCome, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

James 3:5-8

5So also the tongue is a small member, yet pit boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
6And qthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, rstaining 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, ufull of deadly poison.
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