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Proverbs 4:23
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
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Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
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Matthew 12:34-37
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, express any good things? For the mouth speaks from that which fills the heart.The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things.But I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment.For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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John 7:38
The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture said,‘ From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ”
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Psalms 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.The Law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.
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Psalms 59:12
On account of the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, May they even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they tell.
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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
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Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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James 3:5-8
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Psalms 52:2-4
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.You love evil more than good, Lies more than speaking what is right. SelahYou love all words that devour, You deceitful tongue.
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Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little.The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of understanding.
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Romans 3:13-14
“ Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,”“ The venom of asps is under their lips”;“ Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
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Colossians 4:6
Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
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Psalms 12:2-4
They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart.May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;Who have said,“ With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
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Psalms 40:8-10
I delight to do Your will, my God; Your Law is within my heart.”I have proclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, Lord, You know.I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.
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Psalms 41:6-7
And when he comes to see me, he speaks empty words; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.All who hate me whisper together against me; They plot my harm against me, saying,
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Jeremiah 9:2-5
Oh that I had in the desert A travelers’ lodging place; So that I might leave my people And go away from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous people.“ They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.“ Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; Because every brother utterly betrays, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing wrongdoing.
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Ephesians 5:3-4
But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints;and there must be no filthiness or foolish talk, or vulgar joking, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
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Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel After those days, declares the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
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Acts 8:19-23
saying,“ Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire the gift of God with money!You have no part or share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.Therefore, repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart will be forgiven you.For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of unrighteousness.”
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Ephesians 5:19
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord;
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Psalms 64:3-8
Who have sharpened their tongues like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrows,To shoot from concealment at the innocent; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.They make firm for themselves an evil purpose; They talk of setting snares secretly; They say,“ Who can see them?”They devise injustices, saying,“ We are ready with a well conceived plot”; For the inward thought and the heart of a person are deep.But God will shoot an arrow at them; Suddenly they will be wounded.So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake their heads.
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Psalms 71:15-18
My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the art of writing.I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.
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Psalms 140:5
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and snares; They have spread a net at the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah
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Proverbs 15:23
A person has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!
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Psalms 59:7
Behold, they gush forth with their mouths; Swords are in their lips, For, they say,“ Who hears?”
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Jude 1:15
to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
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Ephesians 3:8
To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,
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Proverbs 22:17-18
Extend your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, So that they may be ready on your lips.
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2 Corinthians 4 6-2 Corinthians 4 7
For God, who said,“ Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;
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Acts 5:3
But Peter said,“ Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the proceeds of the land?
